Book description
To date there is no single reference aimed at teaching the art of
applications guided coil design for use in MRI. This RF Coils for
MRI handbook is intended to become this reference.
Heretofore, much of the know-how of RF coil design is bottled up in
various industry and academic laboratories around the world. Some of
this information on coil technologies and applications techniques has
been disseminated through the literature, while more of this knowledge
has been withheld for competitive or proprietary advantage. Of the
published works, the record of technology development is often
incomplete and misleading, accurate referencing and attribution
assignment being tantamount to admission of patent infringement in the
commercial arena. Accordingly, the literature on RF coil design is
fragmented and confusing. There are no texts and few courses offered
to teach this material. Mastery of the art and science of RF coil
design is perhaps best achieved through the learning that comes with a
long career in the field at multiple places of employment…until now.
RF Coils for MRI combines the lifetime understanding and
expertise of many of the senior designers in the field into a single,
practical training manual. It informs the engineer on part numbers and
sources of component materials, equipment, engineering services and
consulting to enable anyone with electronics bench experience to
build, test and interface a coil. The handbook teaches the MR system
user how to safely and successfully implement the coil for its
intended application. The comprehensive articles also include
information required by the scientist or physician to predict
respective experiment or clinical performance of a coil for a variety
of common applications. It is expected that RF Coils for MRI
becomes an important resource for engineers, technicians, scientists,
and physicians wanting to safely and successfully buy or build and use
MR coils in the clinic or laboratory. Similarly, this guidebook
provides teaching material for students, fellows and residents wanting
to better understand the theory and operation of RF coils.
Many of the articles have been written by the pioneers and developers
of coils, arrays and probes, so this is all first hand information!
The handbook serves as an expository guide for hands-on radiologists,
radiographers, physicians, engineers, medical physicists,
technologists, and for anyone with interests in building or selecting
and using RF coils to achieve best clinical or experimental results.
