title: Experimental design and fabrication of birdcage resonators for magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: Although the birdcage resonator has been theoretically described for single- and multinuclear operation, this study provides the basic experimental guidelines needed for the fabrication and testing of such coils for various geometries and resonant frequencies from 10 to 95 MHz. The correlation of coil dimensions and resonant frequencies with individual inductance elements, L1 and L2, is also shown. Experimentally derived algorithms are presented for the determination of the capacitance needed for low-pass resonators based on measurements of the coil's "global" inductance. Ten low-pass birdcage coils with eight legs were evaluated and their four resonant frequencies were within 4% of theoretical predictions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, New York 10021.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vullo
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Zipagan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pascone
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Whalen
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Cahill
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008961:Models, Structural