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BirdcageBuilder: Design of Specified-Geometry Birdcage Coils with Desired Current Pattern and Resonant Frequency
Chih-Liang Chin1, Christopher M Collins, Shizhe Li
1Center for NMR Research, Department of Radiology, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033.
Abstract:
A simple method for birdcage coil design (high pass, low pass, and band pass) is presented. Rather than iteratively approaching the Larmor resonant frequency with known capacitances and calculated inductances, a more versatile approach to birdcage coil design is developed and validated, in which the necessary capacitances are calculated using a desired current pattern, a calculated inductance, and a predetermined resonant frequency. In order to expedite coil design for experienced and novice coil builders, a computer program (BirdcageBuilder) is also implemented based on this method. Experimental results show that the calculated capacitances and actual capacitances for several existing birdcage coils are in good agreement.
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