<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is nowadays widely used in medicine for diagnostic imaging and in research studies. The modeling of the human vocal tract acoustics has recently attracted considerable interest. This paper describes the design, realization and first MR scan experiments with a new head probe coil for vocal tract imaging in the open-air MRI equipment working in a weak magnetic field up to 0.2 T. The paper also describes an experimental setting for sound recording during the MR imaging.</p></abstract>

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is nowadays widely used in medicine for diagnostic imaging and in research studies. The modeling of the human vocal tract acoustics has recently attracted considerable interest. This paper describes the design, realization and first MR scan experiments with a new head probe coil for vocal tract imaging in the open-air MRI equipment working in a weak magnetic field up to 0.2 T. The paper also describes an experimental setting for sound recording during the MR imaging.

Design, Realization and Experiments with a new RF Head Probe Coil for Human Vocal Tract Imaging in an NMR device

Institute of Measurement Science, SAS, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-841 04 Bratislava, Slovakia

Measurement Science Review

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is nowadays widely used in medicine for diagnostic imaging and in research studies. The modeling of the human vocal tract...

Design, Realization and Experiments with a new RF Head Probe Coil for Human Vocal Tract Imaging in an NMR device

Publicado en línea: 28 may 2012

Páginas: 98 - 103

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10048-012-0017-6

Palabras clave
NMR imaging, field calculation, RF probe coil, vocal tract modeling

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Design, Realization and Experiments with a new RF Head Probe Coil for Human Vocal Tract Imaging in an NMR device

Publicado en línea: 28 may 2012

Páginas: 98 - 103

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10048-012-0017-6

Palabras claveNMR imaging, field calculation, RF probe coil, vocal tract modeling

This content is open access.

Palabras clave
NMR imaging, field calculation, RF probe coil, vocal tract modeling