Yuichiro Matsuoka1,
2, Yoshinori Morita2, Hiromu Kutsumi2, Takeshi
Azuma2, Kagayaki Kuroda1, 3
1Department
of Research and Development, Foundation for kobe international medical
alliance, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; 2Department of Internal Medicine,
Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; 3School
of Information Science and Technology, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa,
Japan
The remote tuning and matching function for intra-cavitary RF coil placed inside the stomach was developed to obtain high quality images of the gastric wall by the integrated MR-endoscope system. The remote tuning and matching circuit consisted of non-magnetic variable capacitors and inductors, and it was placed outside the bore to manually adjust the resonant characteristic of the coil. The SNR of phantom image was improved up to 131 % by using this function. The basic performance of the remote tuning and matching was demonstrated and would be useful for providing high quality images to help diagnosis of GI disease.