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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2022
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Branislav Notaros, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Milan Ilic, Belgrade, RS;
Colorado State University Research Foundation, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
The exemplary system and method facilitate excitation of RF magnetic fields in ultra-high field (UHF) magnetic resonance (MRI) systems (e.g., MRI/NMR system) using a slotted waveguide array (SWGA) as an exciter coil. The exemplary exciter coil, in some embodiments, is configurable to provide RF magnetic field Bwith high field-uniformity, with high efficiency, with excellent circular polarization, with negligible axial z-component, with arbitrary large field of view, and with exceptional possibilities for field-optimizations via RF shimming.