Technologies

Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Spectroscopy (MRI/MRS) has found wide applications in clinical diagnosis as well as biomedical research. To observe a nucleus other than hydrogen (typical MRI or MRS), e.g. phosphorus or carbon, a dual-tuned coil is needed. The current commercially available dual-tuned volume coils are very hard to make due to complicated, iterative tuning/matching procedures, which impedes wide applications of multinuclear MRI/MRS. This invention relates to an easy-to-use, newly designed coil that allows for simultaneous multinuclear measurements and can be readily adapted for use in conjunction with existing MRI/MRS equipment.

• William Potter, Luning Wang, Kevin McCully, and Zhao Q.*. Evaluation of a New ¹ H/ ³¹ P Dual-Tuned Birdcage Coil for ³¹ P Spectroscopy" Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B Volume 43, Issue 3, pages 90 - 99, August 2013