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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine2025

Feasibility Study for a Microstrip Transmission Line RF Coil Integrated with a PET Detector Module in a 7T Human MR Imaging System.

Md Shahadat Hossain Akram, Masaki Fukunaga, Fumihiko Nishikido, Sodai Takyu, Takayuki Obata, Taiga Yamaya

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Article in Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Md Shahadat Hossain AkramDepartment of Advanced Nuclear Medicine Sciences, Institute of Quantum Medical Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba, Chiba, Japan.
Masaki FukunagaDivision of Cerebral Integration, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan.
Fumihiko NishikidoDepartment of Advanced Nuclear Medicine Sciences, Institute of Quantum Medical Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba, Chiba, Japan.
Sodai TakyuDepartment of Advanced Nuclear Medicine Sciences, Institute of Quantum Medical Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba, Chiba, Japan.
Takayuki ObataDepartment of Applied MRI Research, Institute of Quantum Medical Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba, Chiba, Japan.
Taiga YamayaDepartment of Advanced Nuclear Medicine Sciences, Institute of Quantum Medical Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba, Chiba, Japan.
National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology · JPNational Institute for Physiological Sciences · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe purpose of this study was to do a feasibility study on a microstrip transmission line (MS) RF coil for a positron emission tomography (PET) insert in a 7 Tesla human MRI system. The proposed MS coil integrated the RF shield of the PET detector as the ground conductor of the coil. We called the integrated module "MS PET coil."

methodsA single-channel MS PET coil was developed with an integrated RF-shielded PET detector module. For comparison, we also studied a conventional MS coil with a single-layer ground conductor. A lutetium fine silicate (LFS) scintillation crystal block (14 × 14 × 4-layer) with a silicon photomultiplier (Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Shizuoka, Japan) and a front-end readout circuit board were mounted inside the shield cage of the MS PET coil. The MS PET coil was studied with and without PET detectors. All three coil configurations were studied with a homogeneous phantom in a 7T MRI system (Siemens Healthineers, Erlangen, Germany). PET data measurements were conducted using a Cesium-137 radiation point source.

resultsThe MR images were similar for the MS coil and the empty MS PET coil, as well as for the cases of MS PET coil with and without PET measurements. Compared to the empty MS PET coil (without PET detector and cable RF shield), decreases in SNR, increases in image noise and RF power, and a slight decrease in resonance frequency were seen for the case of the MS PET coil with the detector and cable shield. Differences in the PET energy histograms or in the crystal identification maps with and without MRI measurements were negligible.

conclusionsBoth the MRI and PET performances of the MS PET coil showed responses that matched the MS coil responses. The performance variations of MRI data with and without PET measurement and PET data with and without MR imaging were negligible.

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Magnetic Resonance ImagingPositron-Emission TomographyEquipment DesignFeasibility StudiesHumansPhantoms, ImagingRadio Waves7T magnetic resonance imagingmicrostrip transmission linepositron emission tomography insertpositron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imagingultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging

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PMID38346767
PMCPMC11996246
OpenAlexW4391661857

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