Jonathan Cuthbertson1,2, Trong-Kha Truong1,2, Jasmine Chen1,2, Fraser Robb3, Allen W. Song1,2, and Dean Darnell1,2
1Medical Physics Graduate Program, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States, 2Brain Imaging Analysis Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States, 3GE Healthcare, Aurora, OH, United States
1Medical Physics Graduate Program, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States, 2Brain Imaging Analysis Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States, 3GE Healthcare, Aurora, OH, United States
The experiments performed showed
that the integrated RF/wireless coil was able to provide wireless Q-spoiling
during MR image acquisition without significantly impacting SNR or wireless
performance.
Figure 1: RF
currents flow on the integrated RF/wireless coil design for simultaneous MR
image acquisition (red) and wireless data transfer (orange), while a DC voltage
(blue) is applied to the PIN diode from a GPIO pin from the Wi-Fi transceiver module
for Q-spoiling.
Figure 3: Gradient-echo
EPI mean images, SNR maps of the mean images, and temporal SNR (TSNR) maps of
the image time series acquired in a water phantom, showing no degradation in
image quality for wireless Q-spoiling using the iRFW coil compared to
conventional wired Q-spoiling.