WO2023073311A1 - Dispositif d'imagerie par resonance magnetique et procede d'acquisition d'une image par resonance magnetique - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of magnetic resonance imaging. More particularly, the present invention relates to a magnetic resonance imaging device, and in particular a magnetic resonance imaging device provided with a radio frequency assembly provided with a radio frequency transmission/reception coil. More particularly, the radiofrequency assembly according to the present invention is also provided with a radiofrequency coil which has a narrow passband and means making it possible to adjust the resonance frequency of the radiofrequency assembly in a range of working frequencies of a range greater than the bandwidth of said coil.
- the arrangement thus proposed makes it possible to improve the quality of the images as soon as a relatively weak static magnetic field must be considered.
- the present invention finds particular interest when considering a portable magnetic resonance imaging device.
- Magnetic resonance imaging is widely used today to image, non-invasively, the inside of bodies and in particular human bodies.
- magnetic resonance imaging makes it possible to probe the hydrogen nuclei, and in particular their nuclear spin, of water molecules forming part of the body under examination.
- an MRI device is provided with a magnet intended to impose on the body a static magnetic field (called "main magnetic field"), under the effect of which, the nuclear spins associated with the hydrogen nuclei contained in the molecules of water forming part of this body become polarized.
- the magnetic moments associated with these spins align preferentially along an axis, called the z axis, determined by the orientation of the main magnetic field so as to create magnetization of the body.
- An MRI device also includes gradient coils configured to produce small amplitude, spatially varying magnetic fields when current is applied thereto.
- gradient coils are designed to produce a magnetic field component that is aligned parallel to the main magnetic field, and that varies linearly in magnitude with position along one of the x, y, or z axes (the axes x, y and z being perpendicular two by two).
- the combined effects of the magnetic fields imposed by the gradient coils make it possible to spatially code each of the positions of the body intended to be probed.
- An MRI device also comprises at least one radio frequency (RF) coil intended to act as an RF transceiver.
- the at least one radiofrequency coil is configured to emit RF energy pulses of a frequency equal to or close to the resonance frequency of the spins of the hydrogen nuclei and which is at least partly absorbed by these nuclei.
- the nuclear spins relax in order to regain their initial energy state and in turn emit an RF signal capable of being collected by at least one RF coil.
- This RF signal is then processed using a computer and reconstruction algorithms to obtain an image of the body.
- the main magnetic field generally between 1.5 Tesla and 3 Tesla, makes it possible to achieve relatively reasonable signal-to-noise ratios and consequently to form images of the human body of sufficient quality and over durations of the order of a minute or more.
- MRI devices generally include a permanent magnet or electromagnets of limited capacity, and cannot impose a main magnetic field with an intensity greater than 60 mT, or even greater than 200 mT, without penalizing the mass or the size. of the MRI device under consideration.
- This limitation in terms of main magnetic field intensity directly affects the performance of the MRI device.
- the images obtained with such an MRI device are likely to have a quality that is greatly degraded by an unfavorable signal-to-noise ratio.
- This unfavorable signal-to-noise ratio reflects, in part, a significant reduction in the magnetization present in the tissues.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic resonance imaging device, advantageously implementing a main magnetic field of low intensity, provided with a radiofrequency assembly allowing to improve the signal-to-noise ratio and consequently the quality of the images.
- the present invention relates to a magnetic resonance imaging device which comprises a radio frequency assembly configured to transmit and receive radio frequency signals, the assembly comprising:
- radiofrequency coil characterized for an intrinsic bandwidth and an intrinsic resonance frequency, and intended to transmit and receive radiofrequency signals
- a tunable circuit associated with the radio frequency coil, and configured to allow the adjustment of the equivalent impedance of the radio frequency assembly in a given impedance range, the adjustment of the equivalent impedance making it possible to adjust the frequency resonance, called adjusted frequency, in a range of frequencies, called working range, of the radiofrequency assembly, the extent of the working range being greater than the intrinsic passband extent; adjustment means configured to control the adjustment, in a dynamic manner, of the equivalent impedance by the tunable circuit, during the acquisition of an image by the imaging device.
- the adjustment means (9A) are configured to allow radiofrequency transmission at a given frequency, called Larmor, and reception of radiofrequency signals during which the adjusted frequency is tuned dynamically in the working range.
- the radio frequency coil comprises capacitors, called main segmentation capacitors.
- the tunable circuit comprises at least two components arranged in an L topology, and which combined together in the tunable circuit generate a reactance, one and/or the other of these two components being tunable so as to allow the adjustment of the equivalent impedance of the radio frequency assembly, advantageously the two components comprise two capacitors, or two inductors, or a capacitor and an inductor
- the tunable circuit comprises two inputs and two outputs, the two inputs called, respectively, first input and second input are intended to be supplied by a current pulse generator, while the two outputs called , respectively, first output and second output, are each connected to one of the ends of the radio frequency coil.
- the radio frequency assembly comprises two branches called, respectively, first branch and second branch, connected in parallel at the level of the first input and the second input respectively, the first branch comprising, connected in series, the radiofrequency coil and one of the two components, while the second branch includes the other of the two components.
- the radiofrequency assembly further comprises means for generating radiofrequency pulses, the means for generating radiofrequency pulses being adapted to impose, via the tunable circuit, the circulation of a current pulse in the radio frequency coil.
- said imaging device comprises radiofrequency processing means, the radiofrequency processing means being suitable for processing a radiofrequency signal capable of being received by the radiofrequency coil.
- said imaging device comprises a magnet defining a housing in which the radiofrequency coil is arranged, the interior of the radiofrequency coil forming a zone, called the analysis zone, in which the magnet imposes a static magnetic field.
- the magnet is a permanent magnet, advantageously the permanent magnet is capable of generating a static magnetic field of less than 100 mT, even more advantageously less than 50 mT.
- said device also comprises gradient coils intended to spatially encode each of the positions of the analysis zone, the spatial encoding, in combination with the static magnetic field, being intended to associate with each of the positions a resonance frequency, called natural frequency, to the spins of hydrogen nuclei capable of being positioned at said position.
- the adjusted frequency can cover, by adjustment of the equivalent impedance, all of the natural frequencies of the spins of hydrogen nuclei likely to be present on each of the positions of the analysis zone .
- the invention also relates to a method for acquiring an image by magnetic resonance of a body by means of the imaging device of the present invention, the method comprising the following steps: a) subjecting the body, disposed inside the radiofrequency coil, to the static magnetic field; b) imposing a spatial encoding on the body by means of the gradient coils, the gradient coils subjecting the body to a gradient field which is added to the static magnetic field, to form a resultant field, in order to associate with each of the positions of the body a resonant frequency, called the natural frequency, of the spins of the hydrogen nuclei, the set of natural frequencies extending over the working range; c) emitting, by means of the radiofrequency coil, a radiofrequency signal so as to excite, on all the positions of the body subjected to the spatial coding by the gradient coils, the spins of the hydrogen nuclei; d) measuring the spin echoes of the hydrogen nuclei emitted by at least part of the positions of the body subjected to the spatial coding
- the spatial coding imposed by the gradient coils results in a division, in terms of resulting field, into slices called working slices, the working slices being themselves cut into parallel working lines between them and along which the resulting field varies.
- the measurement of the spin echoes is carried out line of work by line of work.
- the spin echoes likely to be measured along a working line cover a frequency range of an extent greater than the bandwidth of the radio frequency coil, the measurement along a working line is performed by dynamically adjusting the equivalent impedance of the assembly formed by the tunable circuit and the radio frequency coil so as to collect all the echoes of spin associated with said line of work.
- the range of frequencies associated with the spin echoes of a line is of a range at least 5 times greater, advantageously 10 times greater, than the intrinsic bandwidth of the radio frequency coil.
- Figure 1 is a schematic representation according to an exploded view of a magnetic resonance imaging device
- FIG.2 Figure 2 is a schematic representation of a radio frequency assembly according to the terms of the present invention.
- Figure 3 is a graphic representation of the response of a radiofrequency assembly according to the terms of the present invention, and provided with a radiofrequency coil
- Figure 3 represents in particular the characteristic (ie: reflection coefficient in dB on the vertical axis) of the assembly for different adjustments of the resonance frequency in a working range of 30 kHz (the horizontal axis representing the frequency in MHz), more particularly, in Figure 3, are represented 4 intensity profiles for 4 different settings (“A”, “B”, “C” and “D” curves) of the tunable circuit
- Figure 4 shows a radiofrequency assembly whose first branch is formed by a series connection of the radiofrequency coil and the capacitor Cl, and a second branch formed by the inductor L1;
- Figure 5 shows a radio frequency assembly whose first branch is formed by a series connection of the radio frequency coil and the inductor Ll, and a second branch formed by the capacitor Cl.
- Figure 6 shows a radiofrequency assembly whose first branch is formed by a series connection of the radiofrequency coil and a capacitor C2, and a second branch formed by the capacitor Cl;
- Figure 7 illustrates the effect of the quality factor of the radiofrequency coil on the image obtained, the image (1) and the image (2) are obtained by means of an imaging device comprising a radiofrequency coil having, respectively, a standard quality factor and a high quality factor (higher than the standard quality factor).
- a magnetic resonance imaging device includes a radio frequency assembly configured to transmit and receive radio frequency signals.
- the radiofrequency assembly comprises a radiofrequency coil characterized for an intrinsic bandwidth and an intrinsic resonant frequency, and intended to transmit and receive radiofrequency signals.
- the radio frequency assembly also includes a tunable circuit, associated with the radio frequency coil, and configured to allow adjustment of the equivalent impedance of the radiofrequency assembly in a given impedance range, the adjustment of the equivalent impedance making it possible to adjust the resonance frequency, called the adjusted frequency, in a range of frequencies, called the working range, of the radiofrequency assembly.
- the extent of the working range is, in this respect, greater than the intrinsic bandwidth extent.
- the radio frequency assembly further comprises adjustment means configured to control the adjustment, in a dynamic manner, of the equivalent impedance by the tunable circuit, during the acquisition of an image by the imaging device.
- the combination of the tunable circuit and the adjustment means makes it possible to consider a radiofrequency coil which has a passband of a range lower than the working range. This last consideration makes it possible more particularly to implement a radiofrequency coil whose quality factor is higher than that of the coils usually considered and for which it is generally required that they have a passband covering at least the working range.
- the principles of the present invention thus make it possible to improve the quality of the images obtained by the magnetic resonance imaging device, and to consider the implementation of a main magnetic field of low amplitude, and in particular less than 100 mTesla, or even less than 50 mTesla.
- the quality factor of the radiofrequency coil is advantageously between 90 and 120 (the quality factor of said coil being defined as the ratio of the resonance frequency of the coil to its bandwidth) .
- FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a magnetic resonance imaging device 1 according to the present invention.
- the imaging device 1 comprises a magnet, and in particular a permanent magnet 2.
- the permanent magnet 2 may in particular extend along an elongation axis z.
- the permanent magnet 2 defines a housing 3 opening out via a first opening 4 and a second opening 5 opposite each other along the elongation axis z.
- the permanent magnet 2 is arranged to allow the insertion of a body, and more particularly of a human body, into the housing 3 through the first opening 4 along the elongation axis z.
- the permanent magnet 2 is more particularly configured to impose a static magnetic field oriented along an axis perpendicular to the elongation axis z, in a zone, called the analysis zone, of the housing 3.
- the permanent magnet 2 can comprise an assembly of elementary magnets, and in particular arranged in a series of Halbach rings.
- EP3368914B1 gives an example. Nevertheless, the invention is not limited to the single configuration described in this document.
- the permanent magnet 2 is configured to impose a static magnetic field with an amplitude of less than 100 mT, advantageously less than 65 mT, again advantageously less than or equal to 50 mT.
- the imaging system 1 also comprises a set of gradient coils 6.
- the gradient coils 6 are in particular configured to produce small amplitude, spatially varying magnetic fields when a current is applied to them.
- the gradient coils 6 are designed to produce a magnetic field component which is aligned parallel to the static magnetic field, and which varies linearly in amplitude with position along one of the x, y or z axes (the axes x, y and z form an orthogonal frame).
- the combined effects of the magnetic fields imposed by the gradient coils 6 make it possible to spatially encode the signals originating from a body present in the housing 3 and intended to be probed.
- Spatial encoding is manifested in particular by a variation in the resonance energy of the nuclear spins of the hydrogen nuclei included in the body intended to be probed and present in the analysis zone.
- the nuclear spins of hydrogen nuclei are subject to a magnetic field which differs from position to position.
- the imaging system 1 further comprises a radio frequency assembly 7.
- the radio frequency assembly As shown in Figure 2, the radio frequency assembly
- the radio frequency coil 7 includes a radio frequency coil 8.
- the radio frequency coil 8 is a radio frequency coil 8.
- the radiofrequency coil 8 is in particular arranged in the housing 3 and delimiting, at least in part, the analysis zone.
- the radiofrequency coil 8 is also configured to house the body intended to be probed.
- the radiofrequency coil 8 can also include capacitors, called main segmentation capacitors.
- the radio frequency coil 8 is characterized by an intrinsic resonance frequency fi and a bandwidth intrinsic Afi. These two characteristics make it possible, in this respect, to quantify the quality factor Qi of the radiofrequency coil. This quality factor Qi corresponds in particular to the ratio of the intrinsic resonance frequency fi to the intrinsic bandwidth Afi.
- the radio frequency assembly 7 further comprises a tunable circuit 9.
- the tunable circuit 9 is associated with the radiofrequency coil 8, and is configured to allow adjustment of the equivalent impedance of the radiofrequency assembly in a given impedance range.
- a tunable circuit has a variable impedance depending on the conditions imposed on it.
- a tunable circuit can comprise an electronic component whose impedance can be adjusted and/or regulated.
- the adjustment of the equivalent impedance makes it possible to adjust the resonance frequency, called the adjusted frequency, in a range of frequencies, called the working range, of the radio frequency assembly 7.
- the extent of the working range is greater than the intrinsic bandwidth extent.
- the imaging device also comprises adjustment means 9A configured to control the adjustment, dynamically, of the equivalent impedance by the tunable circuit, during the acquisition of an image by said imaging device. imagery.
- the adjustment means 9A can comprise any digital device capable of implementing a command the dynamic adjustment of the equivalent impedance by the tunable circuit, during the acquisition of an image by said imaging device.
- the implementation of the tunable circuit 9 and the adjustment means 9A makes it possible to consider a radiofrequency coil which has a relatively high quality factor and more particularly associated with a passband well below the working range.
- the radiofrequency coil 8 can, according to the terms of the present invention, have a bandwidth of less than 15 kHz, advantageously less than 10 kHz.
- FIG. 3 is a graphic representation of an adjustment of the resonant frequency of the radiofrequency assembly 7.
- the radiofrequency coil 8 has an intrinsic bandwidth well below the working range which is approximately 30 kHz .
- Curves "A", “B”, “C” and “D” represent the resonance profiles, at the level of the radiofrequency coil, of the radiofrequency assembly for 4 different impedance adjustments of the tunable circuit. More particularly, each of these four profiles has a resonance frequency comprised in the interval defined by the working range. It is understood that a continuous variation of the impedance of the assembly will make it possible to cover all the frequencies included in the working range.
- a body is introduced inside the radiofrequency coil 8. This body is then subjected to a field resulting from the sum of the static magnetic field generated by the magnet 2 and the gradient field generated by the gradient coils 6.
- the resulting field variable according to the coordinates x, y, and z defined by the reference (x, y, z), makes it possible in particular to spatially code the signals coming from each of the positions (x, y, z) of the body intended to be probed, and thus impose a resulting field specific to each of these positions.
- the resultant field at a given position determines in this respect the resonance frequency of the spins of the hydrogen nuclei subjected to said resultant field.
- the spatial coding makes it possible to associate with each of the positions a resonance frequency, called natural frequency, of the spins of the hydrogen nuclei at said position.
- the spatial coding results in a division, in terms of resulting field, into “slices" (perpendicular to the z axis), called working slices, said working slices being themselves cut into lines, called working lines, parallel to each other and along which the resulting field varies, advantageously in a linear manner.
- each working line defines a range of natural frequencies, called working range, covering all of the resonance frequencies of the spins of the hydrogen nuclei belonging to said working line.
- the radiofrequency assembly 7 is in particular adjusted to emit a radiofrequency signal at a given frequency, called the Larmor frequency of the hydrogen nuclei corresponding to a given working line. This adjustment is then followed by an emission at said Larmor frequency in order to be absorbed for all of the hydrogen nuclei of the working line considered.
- the adjustment means 9A impose a dynamic variation of the resonance frequency of the radiofrequency assembly in the working range of the working line considered.
- This process can then be repeated as many times as necessary to probe each of the lines of work.
- the radiofrequency assembly 7 thus makes it possible to cover a wide frequency range while considering a radiofrequency coil which has a passband lower than the working range considered.
- the dynamic adjustment of the resonance frequency makes it possible to consider a radiofrequency coil which has a higher quality factor than that of a coil associated with a much wider bandwidth, and in particular comprising the working range .
- the tunable circuit 9 can comprise at least two components arranged in an L topology, and which combined together in the tunable circuit generate a reactance, one and/or the other of these two components being tunable so as to allow adjustment of the equivalent impedance of the radio frequency assembly.
- the two components comprise two capacitors, or two inductors, or a capacitor and an inductor.
- the tunable circuit 9 comprises an inductor L1 and a capacitor Cl, and has an L topology (FIG. 4 and FIG. 5).
- tunable circuit 9 can be formed by an integrated circuit which includes inductance L1 and capacitance Cl.
- the equivalent impedance of the radio frequency assembly can be adjusted by varying the capacitance of the capacitor C1.
- the equivalent impedance of the radio frequency assembly can be adjusted by varying the inductance of inductor L1.
- the tunable circuit 9 comprises two inputs and two outputs.
- the two inputs called, respectively, first input E1 and second input E2 are intended to be supplied by a current pulse generator, while the two outputs called, respectively, first output SI and second output S2, are connected each at one of the ends of the radiofrequency coil 8.
- One and/or the other of the second input E2 and of the second output S2 can be connected to ground.
- the radiofrequency assembly 7 comprises two branches called, respectively, first branch and second branch, connected in parallel at the level of the first input E1 and the second input E2 respectively.
- the first branch comprises, connected in series, the radiofrequency coil 8 and one of the inductor L1 and of the capacitor Cl
- the second branch comprises the other of the inductor L1 and of the capacitor Cl.
- FIG. 4 represents a radiofrequency assembly, the first branch of which is formed by a series connection of the radiofrequency coil 8 and of the capacitor C1, and a second branch formed by the inductor L1.
- FIG. 5 represents a radiofrequency assembly, the first branch of which is formed by a series connection of the radiofrequency coil 8 and of the inductor L1, and a second branch formed by the capacitor Cl.
- the magnetic resonance imaging device may further comprise means for generating radiofrequency pulses 10, suitable for imposing, via the tunable circuit 9, the circulation of a current pulse in the radiofrequency coil 8.
- the means for generating radiofrequency pulses 10 can also be configured to control the tunable circuit, and consequently allow adjustment of the equivalent impedance.
- the invention is however not limited by this last aspect, and the person skilled in the art, on the basis of his general knowledge, will be able to consider any other means, for example a digital controller, for adjusting the equivalent impedance .
- the magnetic resonance imaging device may further comprise radiofrequency processing means 11 adapted to process a radiofrequency signal likely to be received by the radiofrequency coil 8.
- the radio frequency pulse generation means 10 can also be implemented to power the gradient coils 6 in order to spatially code each of the positions of a body likely to be present in the housing 3.
- the imaging device 1 may further comprise an interface 12 providing a link between the pulse generation means 10 and the gradient coils 6.
- Radio frequency pulse generation means 10, radio frequency processing means 11, interface 12 can be controlled by a control unit 13, for example a computer.
- the Adjustment Means 9A The radiofrequency pulse generation means 10, the radiofrequency processing means 11, the interface 12 can be integrated within an imaging device control console.
- the radio frequency coil 8 can be dimensioned to form a reception housing (of a body, or of a part of a body) with a length of 50 cm and 27 cm in diameter.
- the imaging device according to the present invention can advantageously be implemented in a portable imaging system, and for example with a mass of less than 100 Kg
- FIG. 7 finally illustrates the effect of the quality factor of the radio frequency coil on the image obtained.
- the image (1) and the image (2) are obtained by means of an imaging device comprising a radiofrequency coil having, respectively, a standard quality factor and a high quality factor (higher than the factor of standard quality).
- Image (2) reveals an artefact linked to a high quality factor and which results in a spatial variation of the signal-to-noise ratio along the reading axis. This artefact is penalizing for the clinical interpretation of the images.
- the object of the invention is to maintain the maximum signal-to-noise ratio throughout the image.
- the present invention also relates to a method for acquiring an image by magnetic resonance of a body by means of the imaging device 1.
- the method notably comprises the following steps: a) subjecting the body, placed inside the radio frequency coil, to the static magnetic field; b) imposing a spatial encoding on the body by means of the gradient coils, the gradient coils subjecting the body to a gradient field which is added to the static magnetic field, to form a resultant field, in order to associate with each of the positions of the body a resonant frequency, called the natural frequency, of the spins of the hydrogen nuclei, the set of natural frequencies extending over the working range; c) emitting, by means of the radiofrequency coil, a radiofrequency signal so as to excite, on all the positions of the body subjected to the spatial coding by the gradient coils, the spins of the hydrogen nuclei; d) measuring the spin echoes of the hydrogen nuclei emitted by at least a part of the positions of the body subjected to spatial coding by the gradient coils, the measurement comprising a dynamic adjustment of the equivalent impedance of the assembly formed by the tunable circuit and
- the spatial coding can be imposed by the gradient coils results in a division, in terms of resulting field, into so-called working slices, the working slices being themselves cut into parallel working lines between them and along which the resulting field varies.
- the measurement of the spin echoes is carried out line of work by line of work.
- the spin echoes capable of being measured along a working line cover a frequency range of an extent greater than the bandwidth of the radio frequency coil, the measurement along a working line is carried out by dynamically adjusting the equivalent impedance of the assembly formed by the tunable circuit and the radio frequency coil so as to collect all the spin echoes associated with said working line.
- the range of frequencies associated with the spin echoes of a line can be of an extent at least 5 times greater, advantageously 10 times greater, than the intrinsic bandwidth of the radiofrequency coil.
- Step c) can also be performed by considering a dynamic adjustment of the equivalent impedance of the assembly formed by the tunable circuit and the radio frequency coil.
- step c) the dynamic adjustment may not be implemented during the execution of step c) so as to collectively exit a plurality of regions of the body.
- step c) the dynamic adjustment may not be implemented during the execution of step c) so as to collectively exit a plurality of regions of the body.
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