16. PART II The RF System Gradient Coils Transmit and Receive Bandwidth
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Hinweis der Redaktion
Each substance should be evaluated for magnetic susceptibility. Magnetic susceptibility is a substances ability to become magnetized.
Paramagnetic substances have a low and positive (+ 1) magnetic susceptibility.
This concept is very important for registry purposes. A current (negatively charged electrons) that flows through a long straight wire creates a magnetic field about the wire.
Vertical magnets are great for patients who are claustrophobic due to their open design.
In order to produce a static field direct current is needed. Increasing the amount of current (or turns of wire) increases the field strength as well as heating of the wire.
The further away the transmit coil the more RF you need, so you increase the SAR. Lower SAR levels are achieved with the use of transmit/receive coils. The body coil has a uniform transmission, and a higher RF.
Transmit bandwidth sends the RF pulse to a prescribed location and the frequency ranges are narrowed or expanded to determine slice thickness. Example to determine absolute receiver bandwidth. If 256 frequency samples are collected during an 8 millisecond sampling period, the absolute receiver bandwidth is 32 kHz.