Theoretical performance of a metamaterial-inspired antenna for MRI

Autor: Alfredo O. Rodriguez, O. Marrufo, Rodrigo Martin, S. E. Solis-Najera, F. Vazquez
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: 2018 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA).
DOI: 10.1109/iceaa.2018.8520363
Popis: Metamaterial-inspired anttenas offer the possibility to improve the RF coil performance to acquire magnetic resonance images at high field. Transmission line (TL) theory used to study composite right/left hand structures, together with Mansfield’s formalism for the high frequency cavity resonator, were used to derive and expression for the quality factor, Q of a metamaterial-inspired cyclic antenna. A simple analytical formula was computed as a function of the number of resonator and the permittivity and permeability. These results offer theoretical guidelines to develop metamaterial-inspired antennas with an specific performance. The experimental evidence will determine the validity of this theory.
Databáze: OpenAIRE