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Multi-layer single track radio-frequency coil for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

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Applications: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Features Benefits
  • Multi-Layer Design: a novel, flexible, multi-layer RF coil design that exploits geometry, incorporating  multiple offset and depth-stacked conductors.
  • Increase the overall coil inductance by approximately 10 times, thereby tripling the quality (Q) value.
  • Signal Noise Ratio (SNR) Improvement: a ≥40% improvement in Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), a core technical metric that is inherently low in diagnostic MRI scans, can be achieved in simulation.
  • Enable higher-quality MRI imaging, facilitating improved diagnosis outcomes.
  • Reduce the time required for scans, increasing MRI scan throughput and reducing patient wait time.
  • Cost Efficiency: a more economical alternative, compared to the traditional method of increasing the magnetic field strength of MRI scanners at great cost (≈£1m/Tesla).
  • Reduce long-term operational costs and conserve energy.
  • Enables higher diagnostic precision on existing equipment, circumventing costly equipment upgrades.
  • Versatility and Compatibility: suitable for use in ‘proton’ RF coil in all standard MRI systems.
  • With approximately 50,000 MRI scanners in service worldwide and numbers growing, the commercial potential for this technology is significant.

Patent pending & available for:

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