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Automatic 3D B1 field mapping using 3D printer and digital oscilloscope for gradient-free MRI system
Yonghyun Ha1, Kartiga Selvaganesan1, Sajad Hosseinnezhadian1, Baosong Wu1, Kasey Hancock1, Gigi Galiana1, and R. Todd Constable1
1Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
A method to automatically measure the B1 field is introduced.3-axis probe were used to measure the B1 field in three orthogonal axes simultaneously. The position of the probe was controlled by 3D printer, and the peak-to-peak voltage of the signal was automatically saved using oscilloscope.
Figure 1. (a) Scheme and (b) photo of the 3-axis probe. The probe consists with three perpendicular square loops.
Figure 2. Experimental set up.