title: Tuning and matching networks for MR imaging and spectroscopy.
abstract: The authors briefly discuss four tuning and matching networks and their application range in magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and MR spectroscopy. Analytic expressions for the network elements needed to tune and match an MR imaging or spectroscopy probe for a given coil impedance are given, and the connection to the "standard" two-element capacitive matching networks is shown. The power loss factor and the phase shift between the input current and the load current are explicitly calculated for each of the four networks. The merits of the different matching networks are then discussed in the context of a general-purpose license plate coil commonly used in MR imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Viohl
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Gullberg
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D017097:Electric Impedance; D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation