This report describes the method and design of a high-frequency RF coil used for an MR imager with a magnetic field strength of 4.7 Tesla. The application of such a coil is for functional imaging of small-animal brain physiology. Rather than the traditional bird-cage coil design, this design utilizes microstrip lines as tuning elements in a resonator coil structure. The design was numerically simulated in HP HFSS and constructed and tested with successful results.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Picard, Mark Steven
• Hall, Thomas Michael

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 00D219M

Advisor

• Ludwig, Reinhold

Year

• 2000

Date created

• 2000-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright