AN INTEGRATED MICROFLUIDIC CRYO-COOLED PLANAR COIL SYSTEM FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) Conference Paper

abstract

• An integrated microfluidic cryo-cooled planar radiofrequency (RF) coil system has been developed to enhance the signal to noise ratio (SNR) of high resolution and ultra-fast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) experiments. The developed system can cool MR planar coils to liquid nitrogen temperature (-196 C) without freezing the target samples on the imaging surface, thereby maintaining minimal distance between the coils and the samples. The planar coils were fabricated on a 0.5 mm thick poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) substrate by using microfabrication technologies with a poly (dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) microfluidic channel for liquid nitrogen cooling. The average signal to noise ratio (SNR) enhancement measured with imaging was 1.51 0.09 times. 2010 IEEE.

name of conference

• 2010 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

authors

• Han, Arum
• McDougall, Mary
• Wright, Steven

published proceedings

• MEMS 2010: 23RD IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, TECHNICAL DIGEST

author list (cited authors)

• Koo, C., Feng, K. e., Park, J., McDougall, M. P., Wright, S. M., & Han, A.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Koo, Chiwan||Feng, Ke||Park, Jaewon||McDougall, Mary P||Wright, Steven M||Han, Arum

publication date

• January 2010

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)  Journal

keywords

• Bioengineering
• Biomedical Imaging
• Biotechnology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/memsys.2010.5442380

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781424457649

start page

• 1011

end page

• 1014

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/memsys.2010.5442380