Abstract #1796
Improvement of Signal-to-Noise Ratio using Graphene-based Surface RF Coils on 3T MRI
Hsuan-Han Chiang 1 , Ming-Jye Chen 1 , Chien-Cheng Kuo 2 , You-Yin Chen 3 , Changwei W Wu 4 , and Li-Wei Kuo 1
1
Institute of Biomedical Engineering and
Nanomedicine, National Health Research Institutes,
Miaoli County, Taiwan,
2
Graduate
Institute of Energy Engineering/Thin Film Technology
Center, National Central University, Taoyuan County,
Taiwan,
3
Department
Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming University,
Taipei, Taiwan,
4
Graduate
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Central
University, Taoyuan County, Taiwan
In the past few years, graphene has been widely
developed and considered as evolutional nano-materials,
which could potentially advance the scientific
researches in physics, electronics, optics and
biomedical applications due to its remarkable physical
characteristics. In this study, we aimed to develop
surface RF coils coated with graphene materials for 3T
MRI use and perform a quantitative comparison in
signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of graphene and conventional
copper RF coils. Our preliminary results show a
consistent improvement of SNR of approximately 1.38
folds in average, which could be potentially useful to
help gain higher spatial resolution or temporal
resolution than conventional copper coil in future
studies.
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