title: [Surface coils for magnetic-resonance images].
abstract: Since the introduction of magnetic resonance imaging in Mexico, the development of this important medical imaging technology has been almost non-existing in our country. The very first surface coil prototypes for clinical applications in magnetic resonance imaging has been developed at the Center of Research in Medical Imaging and Instrumentation of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa (Metropolitan Autonomous University, Campus Iztapalapa). Two surface coil prototypes were built: a) a circular-shaped coil and b) a square-shaped coil for multiple regions of the body, such as heart, brain, knee, hands, and ankles. These coils were tested on the 1.5T imager of the ABC Hospital-Tacubaya, located in Mexico City. Brain images of healthy volunteers were obtained in different orientations: sagittal, coronal, and axial. Since images showed a good-enough clinical quality for diagnosis, it is fair to say that these coil prototypes can be used in the clinical environment, and with small modifications, they can be made compatible with almost any commercial scanner. This type of development can offer new alternatives for further collaboration between the research centers and the radiology community, in the search of new applications and developments of this imaging technique.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Imagenología e Instrumentación Médica, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa. arog@xanum.uam.mx
authors.forename: Alfredo Odón
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-González
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amador-Baheza
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rojas-Jasso
authors.forename: Fernando Alejandro
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Barrios-Alvarez
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*