title: BirdcageBuilder: Design of Specified-Geometry Birdcage Coils with Desired Current Pattern and Resonant Frequency.
abstract: A simple method for birdcage coil design (high pass, low pass, and band pass) is presented. Rather than iteratively approaching the Larmor resonant frequency with known capacitances and calculated inductances, a more versatile approach to birdcage coil design is developed and validated, in which the necessary capacitances are calculated using a desired current pattern, a calculated inductance, and a predetermined resonant frequency. In order to expedite coil design for experienced and novice coil builders, a computer program (BirdcageBuilder) is also implemented based on this method. Experimental results show that the calculated capacitances and actual capacitances for several existing birdcage coils are in good agreement.
authors: Center for NMR Research, Department of Radiology, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033.
authors: Chih-Liang
authors: CL
authors: Chin
authors: Christopher M
authors: CM
authors: Collins
authors: Shizhe
authors: S
authors: Li
authors: Bernard J
authors: BJ
authors: Dardzinski
authors: Michael B
authors: MB
authors: Smith