Wolfgang Loew1, Christopher Ireland1, Matthew Willmering2, Ronald Pratt1, Hui Wang3, Kaley Bridgewater1, Peter van der Meulen4, Charles Dumoulin1, and Jason Woods2
1Imaging Research Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States, 2Center for Pulmonary Imaging Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States, 3Philips Healthcare, Gainesville, FL, United States, 4Philips Healthcare, Best, Netherlands
1Imaging Research Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States, 2Center for Pulmonary Imaging Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States, 3Philips Healthcare, Gainesville, FL, United States, 4Philips Healthcare, Best, Netherlands
An asymmetrical birdcage
with a detachable top half was constructed to image a xenon Boltzmann phantom and hyperpolarized 129Xe gas.
Figure 1:
Birdcage shell a) 3 dimensional
view and b) front view with inner
dimensions.
Figure 2: Imaging setup of the asymmetrical birdcage coil with the top section detached from the bottom section a) general view and b) side view.