An 8-channel metamaterial T-R coil at 9.4T
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Introduction In this contribution, we present a multi-channel T/R coil for use in a 9.4T animal scanner system. Each coil element comprises a composite right/left-handed (CRLH) metamaterial transmission line (MTL). Eight of these elements were arranged in a circular manner to constitute a multi channel coil. MTLs offer the feature of a homogenous current distribution along the line when they are tuned to their 0-order resonance. This leads to a homogenous T/R sensitivity.
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