EP4511666A1 - Dispositif de réception à antenne de réception intracardiaque pour l'imagerie ou la spectroscopie par résonance magnétique - Google Patents
Dispositif de réception à antenne de réception intracardiaque pour l'imagerie ou la spectroscopie par résonance magnétiqueInfo
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
- G01R33/00—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
- G01R33/20—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance
- G01R33/28—Details of apparatus provided for in groups G01R33/44 - G01R33/64
- G01R33/32—Excitation or detection systems, e.g. using radio frequency signals
- G01R33/36—Electrical details, e.g. matching or coupling of the coil to the receiver
- G01R33/3642—Mutual coupling or decoupling of multiple coils, e.g. decoupling of a receive coil from a transmission coil, or intentional coupling of RF coils, e.g. for RF magnetic field amplification
- G01R33/3657—Decoupling of multiple RF coils wherein the multiple RF coils do not have the same function in MR, e.g. decoupling of a transmission coil from a receive coil
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
- G01R33/00—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
- G01R33/20—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance
- G01R33/28—Details of apparatus provided for in groups G01R33/44 - G01R33/64
- G01R33/288—Provisions within MR facilities for enhancing safety during MR, e.g. reduction of the specific absorption rate [SAR], detection of ferromagnetic objects in the scanner room
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
- G01R33/00—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
- G01R33/20—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance
- G01R33/28—Details of apparatus provided for in groups G01R33/44 - G01R33/64
- G01R33/32—Excitation or detection systems, e.g. using radio frequency signals
- G01R33/34—Constructional details, e.g. resonators, specially adapted to MR
- G01R33/34084—Constructional details, e.g. resonators, specially adapted to MR implantable coils or coils being geometrically adaptable to the sample, e.g. flexible coils or coils comprising mutually movable parts
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- the invention relates to the field of intracavitary magnetic resonance imaging/spectroscopy (MRI/MRS), in particular, intracardiac.
- MRI/MRS intracavitary magnetic resonance imaging/spectroscopy
- MRI/MRS systems conventionally comprise a main magnet intended to generate a uniform permanent magnetic field Bo, three gradient coils, an external transmitting antenna intended to generate radiofrequency (RF) excitation signals to switch a magnetization of the tissues of the patient uniformly in space.
- RF radiofrequency
- an antenna for receiving RF signals resulting from the excitation of an organ of interest by the RF excitation signals is intended to be brought into contact with the organ of interest , the heart for intracardiac imaging, vascularly via a natural orifice or percutaneously.
- the advantage of the intracavitary antenna is to make it possible to obtain optimal spatial selectivity linked to the geometry of the receiving antenna (shape, dimension) and its location as well as improved sensitivity compared to extracorporeal antennas and therefore therefore increase the signal-to-noise ratio. Spatial selectivity makes it possible to limit the field of view of the images to be acquired and to reduce their acquisition duration.
- the gain in signal-to-noise ratio makes it possible to generate images of good quality and/or with better spatial resolution compared to extracorporeal antennas, which is fundamental for imaging the walls of the heart, in particular the atria whose thickness is included between 2mm and 5mm.
- the reception antenna includes a reception loop, that is to say a reception coil, and capacitors for frequency tuning and adaptation to the characteristic impedance of the transmission line (typically 50 Ohms) .
- the receiving antenna is connected to a receiver of the MRI device by a transmission line integrated in a sheath and intended to convey the radio frequency signals received by the antenna to the receiver so that the latter records these signals.
- the receiving antenna is tuned to the frequency fo during the reception phase of the RF signals emitted by the organ of interest and that it is detuned in frequency during the transmission phase. If this is not the case, a high intensity current may be induced in the receiving antenna, during the transmission phase, which leads to the following effects:
- This switching system must make it possible to switch quickly and dynamically between the two states during the entire acquisition period of the MRI sequence.
- active decoupling equipment must be used and guarantee sufficient electrical insulation (difference in attenuation between the coupled and decoupled state) at the frequency fo to avoid the problems mentioned above.
- Switching between the tuned state and the detuned state of the receiving antenna is carried out dynamically by active decoupling equipment which is capable of temporarily modifying the frequency response of the receiving antenna.
- Active decoupling equipment conventionally includes a PIN diode which is supplied with direct current during the transmission phase so that the PIN diode is conducting and the receiving antenna is detuned in frequency.
- the PIN diode is no longer supplied with direct current during the reception phase so that the reception antenna is tuned in frequency.
- the subject of the invention is a device for receiving radiofrequency signals for a magnetic resonance imaging system comprising an intracardiac resonant reception antenna and a switch capable of being alternately in an open state when powered by a current. continuous current having a first intensity so that the receiving antenna is tuned to an operating frequency of the magnetic resonance imaging system and in closed state when powered by a direct current having a second intensity so that the reception antenna is detuned in frequency, the reception antenna being further intended to be connected to a receiver intended to receive the radio frequency signals received by the resonant reception loop, that is to say the resonant reception antenna , when the switch is in the open state, the receiving device comprising a first transmission line having a conductor having a distal end electrically connected to the resonant receiving antenna and a proximal end electrically connected to the switch so that the switch is intended to be located outside the human body when the receiving antenna is located inside a patient's heart.
- the device comprises, in addition to the first transmission line, a second transmission line having a conductor comprising a distal end electrically connected to the receiving antenna and a proximal end intended to be electrically connected to the receiver and intended to be connected to the receiver to transmit the radio frequency signals received by the receiving antenna.
- the receiver is intended to be electrically connected to the reception transmission line so as to receive radio frequency signals received by the reception antenna via the reception transmission line without passing through the decoupling transmission line.
- the receiving antenna comprises a tuning capacitor and an adaptation capacitor connected in series and connected by a ground point, the tuning capacitor electrically connecting the conductor of the second transmission line to the ground point.
- the proximal end of the conductor of the first transmission line is intended to be connected to the receiver to transmit the radio frequency signals received by the receiving antenna.
- the matching capacitor electrically connects the ground point to the conductor of the first transmission line.
- the electrical circuit presenting the negative resistance connects the switch to ground.
- the electrical circuit presenting the negative resistance is intended to be located outside the human body when the receiving antenna is located inside the heart of a patient.
- the magnetic resonance imaging or spectroscopy device comprises the receiver.
- Fig. 1 a schematic representation of an MRI/MRS system having a reception device according to a first embodiment
- Fig. 2 a representation of the electrical diagram of the receiving device according to the first embodiment
- Fig. 3 a representation of the electrical diagram of the receiving device according to a second embodiment
- MRI/MRS system comprising a DREC1 reception device, a first embodiment of the invention of which is shown in Figure 1.
- the MRI/MRS system could alternatively comprise a reception device according to any of the modes embodiments and variants described in this patent application.
- the MRI/SRM system comprises an MRI/SRM device, A, comprising a main magnet GENST intended to generate a static magnetic field Bo, a gradient generator GENGR comprising gradient coils, a transmitting antenna TRANS_RF intended to emit signals radio frequency (RF).
- the MRI/MRS system, A comprises a receiving device DREC1 comprising a receiving antenna B_REC intended to receive radio frequency signals resulting from the excitation of an area of interest of a patient by the transmitting antenna TRANS_RF .
- the MRI/MRS device, A comprises a receiver REC intended to receive the signals received by the receiving device DREC1 and to process them to generate images/spectra.
- the receiving device DREC1 is electrically connected to the IRM device, A, by an interface INT_FC of the IRM/SRM device comprising COD and COT connectors.
- the operating frequency or Larmor frequency fo is proportional to the static magnetic field Bo as specified previously.
- Bo magnetic fields in clinical MRI/MRS are 1.5 Tesla, 3.0 Tesla or 7.0 Tesla but the invention applies to other Bo magnetic fields, for example, between 0.1 Tesla and 11 Tesla.
- intracardiac resonant reception antenna B_REC we mean a reception antenna of the RLC circuit type intended to be inserted into a cavity of the heart of a patient whose body is delimited in dotted lines in Figure 1 so as to image an area of the heart by magnetic resonance.
- the receiving device DREC1 comprises active decoupling equipment ED1 electrically connected to the receiving antenna intracardiac B_REC.
- the decoupling equipment ED1 comprises a decoupling switch INT, which will be described more precisely below, capable of being alternately in an open state when it is powered by a direct current of a first intensity so that the antenna receiving receiver resonates at frequency fo and in closed state when powered by a direct current of a second intensity so that the antenna no longer resonates at frequency fo.
- the decoupling switch is capable of being in the open state when it is not powered by current and in the closed state when it is powered by a second direct current.
- control device COM in particular the control member OC, is capable of controlling the RF transmission antenna TRANS_RF and the switch INT of the decoupling equipment ED1 in a synchronized manner so that the antenna of B_REC reception is detuned in frequency, in the transmission phase, when the transmit antenna TRANS_RF emits RF signals and tuned to the frequency fo, in the reception phase, when the transmitting antenna TRANS_RF does not emit RF signals.
- the B_REC receiving antenna is intended to be electrically connected to the REC receiver of the MRI/SRM system so that the REC receiver receives the radio frequency signals received by the B_REC receiving antenna during the reception phase.
- the reception device DREC1 comprises a transmission line, called reception line, LTR, a first conductor of which comprises a first end connected to the reception antenna B_REC and a second end connected to a COT transmission connector of the interface INT_FC electrically connected to the receiver REC of the IRM system so that the reception transmission line LTR transmits, to the receiver REC, the RF signals received by the reception antenna B_REC when the switch INT is open, i.e. -say during the reception phase.
- LTR transmission line
- LTR transmission line
- first conductor of which comprises a first end connected to the reception antenna B_REC and a second end connected to a COT transmission connector of the interface INT_FC electrically connected to the receiver REC of the IRM system so that the reception transmission line LTR transmits, to the receiver REC, the RF signals received by the reception antenna B_REC when the switch INT is open, i.e. -say during the reception phase.
- the first conductor of the reception transmission line LTR is connected in series with the switch INT as we will see later.
- the switch INT of the decoupling equipment ED is intended to be located outside the patient's body (delimited by dotted lines in Figure 1) while the receiving antenna is located inside the patient's heart.
- Figure 2 represents the electrical diagram of the receiving device DREC1 of Figure 1 electrically connected to the receiver REC.
- the equivalent electrical diagram of the resonant receiving antenna B_REC is a loop electrical circuit comprising a receiving coil BR connected in series with a matching capacitor CM and with a tuning capacitor CT.
- the tuning capacitor CT and the adaptation capacitor CM are connected to each other by a ground point PM electrically connected to the second conductor c2 of the transmission line which is electrically connected to ground.
- the tuning capacitor CT electrically connects the ground point PM to the receiving coil B_REC.
- a second conductor c2 of the reception transmission line LTR is electrically connected to ground.
- the second conductor c2 is, for example, the shielding or “braid” of the coaxial cable.
- the decoupling equipment ED1 also includes a direct current blocking capacitor CB mounted in series with the switch INT and with the reception transmission line LTR, more particularly with the first conductor c1 of the reception transmission line LTR.
- the blocking capacitor CB is configured to block the DC component of the current. It therefore prevents direct current from command of the INT switch to reach the reception antenna B_REC and therefore to damage it and to avoid the deleterious effects on the patient mentioned above in the document.
- the blocking capacitor CB must have a high enough capacitance and have a low enough impedance so as not to prevent transmission of the RF signal. At 64 MHz for example a value greater than or equal to 1 nF.
- the distal end of the first conductor c1 of the reception transmission line LTR is connected to the reception antenna B_REC at a first terminal of the adaptation capacitor CM, the second terminal of the adaptation capacitor CM being connected to the point of mass PM.
- the capacitance of the matching capacitor CM is defined so that the receiving antenna is seen as an impedance of 50 Ohms by the transmission line.
- This allows the use of a transmission line, for example, a 50 Ohm coaxial cable.
- the matching capacitor CM, the reception transmission line LTR and the decoupling equipment ED1 form a resonant decoupling circuit surrounded by a solid line frame in Figure 2, having for the function of ensuring the coupling between the reception antenna B_REC and the IRM device A in the reception phase and of decoupling the reception antenna B_REC and the IRM device A in the transmission phase.
- the decoupling circuit is configured to resonate at frequency fo.
- the resonant frequency depends on the values of the elements (capacitance, inductance depending on the length of the transmission line LTR or LTD) of the elements forming this circuit.
- It is typically greater than or equal to 30 cm or 40 cm when the receiving antenna is intended to be inserted into the body via a jugular access and greater than or equal to 80 cm when the receiving antenna is intended to be inserted into the body through access via the groin.
- the decoupling circuit CD1 presents a high impedance at the resonance frequency fo, which means that it behaves like an open circuit.
- the receiving antenna B_REC can then be compared to the receiving coil BR mounted in series with the tuning capacitor CT. This last circuit is detuned in frequency (i.e. it no longer resonates at frequency fo). It resonates, for example, at two frequencies different from the frequency fo.
- the receiving antenna is well decoupled from the MRI device, A.
- a disadvantage of this embodiment lies in the limited, potentially insufficient, efficiency of the decoupling, which results in artifacts on the images, and in spatial variations of the effective tilt angle of the MRI sequence used and therefore by an unwanted modification of the contrasts and an associated degradation of the diagnosis.
- the quality factor of the decoupling circuit CD1 is inversely proportional to the resistance of the decoupling circuit CD1.
- the resistance of the decoupling circuit CD1 is equal to the sum of the resistance of the matching capacitor CM, the resistance of the receiving transmission line LTR, the resistance of the blocking capacitor CB, the resistance of the switch INT .
- a disadvantage of limited decoupling is the possibility of inducing local hot spots around the receiving antenna B_REC due to the circulation of non-negligible electrical currents in the receiving antenna during the transmission phase.
- the decoupling equipment ED2 of the decoupling circuit CD2 comprises an electrical circuit RN having a negative resistance connected in series with the switch INT, that is to say with the first conductor c1 of the reception transmission line LTR.
- electrical circuit RN having a negative resistance is meant an electric circuit having a resistance, the ratio of which between the voltage across the circuit RN and the current circulating in the circuit RN is negative. It behaves like a component presenting a resistance of value less than zero Ohms.
- This electrical circuit RN is connected in series with the switch INT.
- An advantage of this solution is to present a more efficient decoupling than the embodiment of Figure 2, because the decoupling circuit CD2 thus presents a quality factor of the decoupling circuit greater than that of the decoupling circuit CD1 of Figure 2 Indeed, the quality factor of the decoupling circuit CD2 is inversely proportional to the resistance of the decoupling circuit CD2. This helps limit artifacts on the generated images. Furthermore, this solution remains compact since no additional components are added to the part inserted into the human body.
- the resistance of the decoupling circuit CD2 is equal to the sum of the resistance of the adaptation capacitor CM, the resistance of the reception transmission line LTR, the resistance of the blocking capacitor CB, resistance of the switch INT and the resistance of the negative resistance circuit RN.
- the negative resistance circuit therefore makes it possible to increase the quality factor of the decoupling circuit by reducing the total resistance of the decoupling circuit.
- the quality factor of the decoupling circuit is increased in the transmission phase. This therefore makes it possible to improve the efficiency of the decoupling between the receiving antenna and the transmitting antenna in the transmitting phase of the MRI/SRM device.
- the negative resistor RN connects the transmission line to the blocking capacitor CB OR the blocking capacitor to the switch IN.
- the cathode of a PIN diode is connected to ground by the negative resistance circuit RN connected in series with the switch INT.
- the negative resistance circuit RN can be produced in different ways. It may include two metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors also called cross-coupled MOSFETs. Alternatively, the RN circuit can be made based on an operational amplifier, a tunneling diode, a programmable unijunction transistor also called PUT (acronym for the Anglo-Saxon expression “Programmable unijunction transistor”) or a Gunn diode.
- the negative resistance electrical circuit RN requires its own power supply which is not shown in Figure 3.
- This power supply is advantageously connected to the negative resistance circuit by a power cable so that the power supply is located outside the human body when the receiving antenna is located in the heart.
- this embodiment does not require the use of miniature elements for the production of the switch or the negative resistance circuit to be able to introduce them into the heart. This makes it possible to create a simple and low-cost device.
- the invention also relates to an MRI/SRM system comprising the MRI/SRM device A as well as the receiving device DREC2 according to the variant shown in Figure 1. This amounts to replacing the decoupling equipment ED1 with the decoupling equipment ED2 in Figure 1.
- Third embodiment
- FIG. 4 represents an electrical diagram of a DREC3 receiving device according to a third embodiment of the invention.
- the DREC3 reception device according to the third embodiment differs from that of the first embodiment in that it comprises a transmission line, called decoupling, LTD in addition to the reception transmission line LTR.
- the reception transmission line LTR is advantageously intended to electrically connect (or electrically connects) the transmission connector COT to the reception antenna B_REC as shown in Figure 6.
- the decoupling transmission line LTD comprises a first conductor c1 a comprising a proximal end intended to be electrically connected to the decoupling equipment ED1, as shown in Figure 6, and a distal end electrically connected to the reception antenna B- REC.
- the LTD decoupling transmission line includes a second conductor c2a electrically connected to ground.
- the distal end of the first conductor c1a of the decoupling transmission line LTD is electrically connected to the receiving antenna B_REC at the level of the first terminal of the tuning capacitor CT, the second terminal of the tuning capacitor CT being connected to the ground point PM.
- the receiver REC is intended to be electrically connected to the reception transmission line LTR without being connected to the decoupling transmission line LTD so as to receive radio frequency signals received by the reception antenna B_REC via the reception transmission line LTR without passing through the LTD decoupling transmission line.
- the receiver REC is intended to be electrically connected to the reception transmission line LTR so as to be intended to receive radio frequency signals received by the reception antenna B_REC via the reception transmission line LTR without these signals do not pass through the LTD decoupling transmission line.
- the receiver REC is intended to be electrically connected to the reception antenna B_REC via the reception transmission line LTR without passing through the decoupling transmission line LTD.
- the conductor c1 advantageously comprises a first end electrically connected to the reception antenna B_REC and a second end intended to be electrically connected to the receiver REC.
- This connection is for example made via a COT transmission connector.
- the INT switch is electrically connected to the receiving antenna via the decoupling transmission line LTD without passing through the receiving transmission line LTR.
- the decoupling transmission line LTD only participates in the decoupling and the receiving transmission line LTR only participates in transmission.
- transmission we mean the transmission from the receiving antenna to the receiver of signals intended to be received by the receiver.
- the decoupling circuit CD3, surrounded by a solid line frame in Figure 4 differs from that of the first embodiment in that it includes the decoupling transmission line LTD, the tuning capacitor O and the decoupling equipment ED1.
- the LTD decoupling transmission line has an inductance function.
- the length of the decoupling transmission line LTD is defined so that the resonance frequency of the decoupling circuit CD3 is equal to the frequency fo. This length is calculated approximately, and the precise length is then determined experimentally in order to obtain the desired resonance frequency. This length constraint does not apply to the LTR receive transmission line in this embodiment.
- This embodiment makes it possible, by separating the functions of the two transmission lines, to improve both the quality of the decoupling by adjusting the length of the decoupling transmission line LTD and the capacitance of the tuning capacitor CT and the quality reception by adapting the impedance of the reception antenna B_REC to that of the reception transmission line LTR at the working frequency fo of the IRM/SRM device.
- the length of the decoupling transmission line LTD is defined so that the resonance frequency of the decoupling circuit CD3 is equal to the frequency fo and so that the impedance of the reception antenna B_REC is adapted to that of the reception transmission line B_REC at the working frequency fo of the MRI/SRM device.
- the equivalent impedance of the reception antenna B_REC is defined so as to be seen, by the reception transmission line LTR, as an impedance equal to the characteristic impedance of the reception transmission line LTR at the working frequency fo of the MRI/MRS device.
- the characteristic impedance of the LTR receive transmission line at frequency fo is, for example, 50 Ohms.
- This technical solution jointly allows: - to optimize the quality of the remote decoupling outside the human body of the reception antenna during the transmission phase to avoid degradation of the quality of the measured signals and guarantee patient safety (absence of radiofrequency currents circulating in the 'receiving antenna during the transmission phase and absence of electrically powered components inside the human body),
- the separation of the two circuits offers additional flexibility in the choice of electronic components, making it possible to optimize each function independently (decoupling in the transmission and reception phases of the signal).
- This choice is advantageously made by taking into account the space constraints linked to the introduction of the receiving antenna into the core, and in particular the losses generated by cables having a small diameter.
- the length of the LTD decoupling transmission line is set so that the decoupling equipment and specifically the INT switch is located outside the human body when the B_REC receiving antenna is located in the heart.
- It is typically greater than or equal to 30 cm or 40 cm when the receiving antenna is intended to be inserted into the body via a jugular access and greater than or equal to 80 cm when the receiving antenna is intended to be inserted into the body through access via the groin.
- Figure 5 represents a variant of the third embodiment which differs from that of Figure 4 in that the reception antenna B_REC4 of the reception device DREC4 comprises an additional tuning capacitor CTA connected in series with the capacitors CM and CT.
- the additional tuning capacitor CTA is connected to the tuning capacitor CT at the first terminal of the capacitor OK CT.
- the decoupling equipment of the decoupling circuit can comprise an electrical circuit RN having a negative resistance connected in series with the switch INT, this is that is to say with the first conductor c1 of the decoupling transmission line LTD, as in the second embodiment.
- the different arrangements, arrangements and realizations of the negative resistance described with reference to Figure 3 are applicable to the third embodiment and its variant.
- the invention also relates to an MRI/SRM system comprising the IRM/SRM device A as well as the reception device DREC4 according to the variant shown in Figure 5. This amounts to replacing the reception antenna B_REC with the reception antenna B_REC4 in Figure 6.
- the matching capacitor is connected in series with the tuning capacitor(s).
- the reception antenna comprises instead of this adaptation capacitor and/or in addition, an adaptation capacitor or a network of adaptation capacitors connected in series with the transmission line connected in series with decoupling equipment.
- the receiving device comprises a tubular sheath of electrically insulating material.
- the sheath is flexible so as to potentially be mechanically deflected.
- the sheath is advantageously in the form of a tube elongated along an axis of the sheath capable of having a maximum (external) diameter substantially constant over its entire length or over the entire length of its part intended to be introduced into the human body.
- This external diameter is compatible with the maximum dimensions of the vessels into which it must be introduced.
- this diameter is less than 2 mm.
- the sheath comprises a proximal end and is mechanically connected to the INT switch or, more generally, to the decoupling equipment and a distal end capable of receiving the resonant reception antenna B_REC or B_REC4.
- the distal end of the sheath is intended to be introduced into the human body and more particularly into a vessel connected to the heart and the proximal end of the sheath is intended to remain outside the human body.
- the receiving antenna is able to be in an deployed state in which it has a diameter greater than that of the sheath in the axis of the sheath.
- the receiving antenna is then received in the sheath when in a folded state.
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