Abstract #1348
Novel RF-coil assembly to simultaneously investigate fMRI and electrophysiology in non-human primates in a large bore vertical magnet
Jozien Goense 1,2 , Michael Beyerlein 2 , Jens Hoffmann 2 , Gunamony Shajan 2 , Thomas Steudel 2 , Klaus Scheffler 2,3 , Nikos Logothetis 2,4 , and Hellmut Merkle 5
1
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United
Kingdom,
2
Max-Planck
Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tuebingen,
Germany,
3
University
of Tuebingen, United Kingdom,
4
University
of Manchester, United Kingdom,
5
National
Institutes of health, MD, United States
RF-coil design for combined electrophysiology and fMRI
in non-human primates is challenging because any coil
design needs to be sufficiently open to allow for
electrode access to the brain. Patch antennas allow for
a more open design, but since our bore is too small for
a 300 MHz traveling wave, we developed an open
quadrature transmit coil/antenna placed in-situ. The
transmit coil/antenna is capable of producing a
sufficiently homogenous B1 field. This device can be
used alone in transceiver mode or in combination with
dedicated receive arrays which allow for maximum
flexibility while maintaining a very high SNR.
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