CN106468767A - Balance drive formula magnetic resonance radio frequency coil based on microstrip line - Google Patents

Balance drive formula magnetic resonance radio frequency coil based on microstrip line Download PDF

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CN106468767A
CN106468767A CN201610805739.9A CN201610805739A CN106468767A CN 106468767 A CN106468767 A CN 106468767A CN 201610805739 A CN201610805739 A CN 201610805739A CN 106468767 A CN106468767 A CN 106468767A
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Abstract

Invention provides a kind of balance drive formula magnetic resonance radio frequency coil based on microstrip line, described magnetic resonance radio frequency coil is made up of the microstrip line of circular symmetric, described microstrip line includes medium substrate, earth plate and center conductor, wherein medium substrate is symmetrically annular, earth plate is located at the back side of medium substrate, and center conductor is located at the front of medium substrate.The centre of the two ends of microstrip line and center conductor is equipped with capacitor for adjusting the frequency of microstrip line, and microstrip line is connected with follow-up receptor or driver by the way of the balance drive of center.Using structure of the present invention and type of drive, the magnetic field of radio-frequency coil covers the area axially extending to entirely annular covering from n-conductor cable n wherein, and then extends the imageable area of single coil unit.

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Balance drive formula magnetic resonance radio frequency coil based on microstrip line
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of radio-frequency coil, and in particular to a kind of balanced type drive-type radio-frequency coil, belongs to magnetic resonance As field.
Background technology
Nuclear magnetic resonance is using the phenomenon that can produce Larmor precession when proton is placed in external magnetic field, thus obtaining proton A kind of imaging means in the positional information of spatial distribution.Need in its imaging process to rely on to be wrapped in penetrating outside imaging object Frequency coil carries out transmitting and the reception of electromagnetic wave.Nuclear magnetic resonance has become as a kind of very important medical diagnostic method, and And because it does not produce the characteristic of no ionizing radiation, be widely used in medicine clinical research and diagnosis, and be greatly promoted doctor Learn the development of iconography.But the radiofrequency signal that MR imaging apparatus collect is very faint, its imaging scope and signal to noise ratio All affected by radio-frequency coil.As signal receiving sensor, radio-frequency coil is one of determiner of image quality, and one It is directly a focus in MR investigation field.
The radio-frequency coil that magnetic resonance is used is made up of basic conductor element, has both played and has excited magnetic resonance radio frequency signal Effect, plays the effect receiving magnetic resonance signal again, is one of core component of magnetic resonance system.Microstrip line is because make letter Single, low cost, also there is extensive utilization in magnetic resonance imaging arts.Conventional micro-strip coil is in a medium substrate (such as Politef or air) upper and lower surface enclose two thin metal layers respectively, its face width great thing earth plate, Another side width is less, and as center conductor, it utilizes microstrip line or coaxial line probe to patch, in conductor patch with connect Radio frequency electromagnetic field has been encouraged between floor.For the width of earth plate and center conductor, typically require the width of earth plate remote Width more than center conductor.
Traditional can be used for the transmitting of radiofrequency signal and reception in magnetic resonance based on the radio-frequency coil of microstrip line, coil Two ends are respectively arranged with electric capacity, and for adjusting the resonant frequency of coil, and center conductor is then a complete copper cash, not Electric capacity is located on center conductor.Traditional microstrip line adopt single-ended unbalanced driving, one end of microstrip line as drive end, On this drive end, the earth plate of microstrip line, as zero potential point, accesses the earth terminal of driver, the center conductor of microstrip line Drive point as potential, access the signal end of driver.When using as receiving coil, microstrip line is linearly, and its magnetic field is only Only cover the spatial dimension above center conductor, and the width that magnetic field covers is similar with the width of center conductor, this makes The area that it can be imaged is less.If being used for being imaged traditional microstrip line, due to by actual spendable coil dimension Limit, earth plate can be similar with the width of the object to be imaged, and it is earth plate width that the width of center conductor is much smaller than, at this The effective covering to the object to be imaged cannot be realized in the case of kind.
Content of the invention
In view of this, the present invention provides a kind of balance drive formula magnetic resonance radio frequency coil based on microstrip line, by changing The structure of microstrip line and type of drive, extend the scope of its magnetic field covering, and then increase imageable area.
The described balance drive formula magnetic resonance radio frequency coil based on microstrip line, including single microstrip line, described microstrip line Including medium substrate, earth plate and center conductor, described earth plate is arranged at the back side of medium substrate, and center conductor is arranged at Jie The front of matter substrate;Described medium substrate, earth plate and center conductor are the symmetrical loop configuration with opening, thus institute The microstrip line being formed also is the symmetrical annular with opening;
One electric capacity is respectively set between the center conductor and earth plate of described microstrip line opening both sides;Simultaneously described It is located at the intermediate point of center conductor, aforementioned four electric capacity after two electric capacity, and two capacitances in series are also equipped with center conductor Capacitance identical;Described radio-frequency coil is connected with subsequent driver by the way of the balance drive of center.
Described microstrip line is annulus, the annular of square ring or other symmetrically shape.
The type of drive of described radio-frequency coil is:With two electric capacity on center conductor for driving point, between two electric capacity Point be zero potential point, access driver earth terminal;In two electric capacity, another end points of any one electric capacity drives for potential Dynamic point, accesses the signal end of driver.
Beneficial effect:
The present invention passes through to change the structure of radio-frequency coil based on microstrip line and type of drive, extends the model of its magnetic field covering Enclose, and then increase imageable area.It is specially:In structure, the radio-frequency coil based on microstrip line is a loop configuration, enters And extend the magnetic field area coverage of microstrip line coil so as to magnetic field covers not being confined to the space above center conductor, But expand to the superjacent air space of the whole annular of center conductor composition;In type of drive, using the side of center balance drive Formula is connected with follow-up receptor.
Brief description
Fig. 1 is the overall structure diagram of the present invention.
Wherein:1- center conductor, 2- earth plate, 3- electric capacity, 4- potential drive point, 5- zero potential point
Specific embodiment
Develop simultaneously embodiment below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, describes the present invention.
The present embodiment provide a kind of can balance drive formula magnetic resonance radio frequency coil based on microstrip line, to solve traditional base It is impossible to realize the problem to the effective covering of the object to be imaged when radio-frequency coil of microstrip line uses as receiving coil.
As shown in figure 1, this magnetic resonance radio frequency coil is made up of single microstrip line, described microstrip line includes:Medium substrate, connect Floor 2 and center conductor 1, wherein medium substrate are the symmetrical loop configuration with opening, and described loop configuration can be Annulus, square loop or other symmetrical annular, as shown in figure 1, adopt in the present embodiment for square loop.Medium substrate Using the good material of insulating properties, can be using politef, pottery or air, the thickness one of medium substrate in practical application As in 5mm-15mm.Described earth plate 2 is located at the back side of medium substrate, and center conductor 1 is arranged at the front of medium substrate, thus The microstrip line being formed also is the symmetrical annular with opening.Described microstrip line is set to loop configuration, can extend micro- The magnetic field area coverage of band wire coil is so as to magnetic field covers the space being no longer limited to against center conductor 1 top, but extension The superjacent air space of the whole loop configuration constituting to center conductor 1.
Four electric capacity 3 for adjusting microstrip line frequency are provided with described microstrip line, two of which is located at micro- respectively Between the two ends center conductor 1 of band wire opening and earth plate 2, on centrally disposed wire 1 after two other capacitances in series, and position In center conductor 1 intermediate point (due to being provided with electric capacity on center conductor 1, center conductor is no longer a complete copper cash, But separated by two electric capacity), as shown in figure 1, because microstrip line is symmetrical loop configuration, two on center conductor 1 Individual electric capacity is relative with two electric capacity positioned at microstrip line opening.The capacitance of four described electric capacity is identical.
Described microstrip line is connected with follow-up receptor by the way of the balance drive of center, specially:No longer adopt The end points of microstrip line is as driving point, but with two electric capacity on center conductor 1 for driving point, the point between two electric capacity is Zero potential point 5, accesses the earth terminal of driver, drives point 4 using another end points of wherein any one electric capacity as potential, connects Enter the signal end of driver.
In sum, these are only presently preferred embodiments of the present invention, be not intended to limit protection scope of the present invention. All any modification, equivalent substitution and improvement within the spirit and principles in the present invention, made etc., should be included in the present invention's Within protection domain.

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1. the balance drive formula magnetic resonance radio frequency coil based on microstrip line, including single microstrip line, described microstrip line includes medium Substrate, earth plate and center conductor, described earth plate is arranged at the back side of medium substrate, and center conductor is arranged at medium substrate Front;It is characterized in that, described medium substrate, earth plate and center conductor are the symmetrical loop configuration with opening, by The microstrip line that this is formed also is the symmetrical annular with opening;
One electric capacity is respectively set between the center conductor and earth plate of described microstrip line opening both sides;Simultaneously at described center It is located at the intermediate point of center conductor, the electricity of aforementioned four electric capacity after two electric capacity, and two capacitances in series are also equipped with wire Capacitance is identical;Described radio-frequency coil is connected with subsequent driver by the way of the balance drive of center.
2. the balance drive formula magnetic resonance radio frequency coil based on microstrip line as claimed in claim 1 it is characterised in that:Described micro- Band wire is annulus, the annular of square ring or other symmetrically shape.
3. the balance drive formula magnetic resonance radio frequency coil based on microstrip line as claimed in claim 1 or 2 it is characterised in that:Institute The type of drive stating radio-frequency coil is:With two electric capacity on center conductor for driving point, the point between two electric capacity is zero electricity Gesture point, accesses the earth terminal of driver;In two electric capacity, another end points of any one electric capacity drives point for potential, accesses and drives The signal end of dynamic device.
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