title: A direct modulated optical link for MRI RF receive coil interconnection.
abstract: Optical glass fiber is a promising alternative to traditional coaxial cables for MRI RF receive coil interconnection to avoid any crosstalk and electromagnetic interference between multiple channels. A direct modulated optical link is proposed for MRI coil interconnection in this paper. The link performances of power gain, frequency response and dynamic range are measured. Phantom and in vivo human head images have been demonstrated by the connection of this direct modulated optical link to a head coil on a 0.3T MRI scanner for the first time. Comparable image qualities to coaxial cable link verify the feasibility of using the optical link for imaging with minor modification on the existing scanners. This optical link could also be easily extended for multi-channel array interconnections at high field of 1.5 T.
authors: MRI Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.
authors: Jing
authors: J
authors: Yuan
authors: Juan
authors: J
authors: Wei
authors: G X
authors: GX
authors: Shen
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D006257:Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011846:Radio Waves; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging