A decoupled circular-polarized volume head coil pair for studying two interacting human brains with MRI

One of the major functions of the human brain is to mediate interactions with other people. Until recently, studying brain social interactions has not been possible due to the lack of measurable methods to observe two interacting minds simultaneously. We have developed a novel dual-head MRI coil tha...

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Published in:2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 2010-01, p.6645-6648
Main Authors: Lee, Ray F, Weiming Dai, Dix, William
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Capacitors
Coils
Couplings
Directional couplers
Humans
Magnetic resonance imaging
Mathematical model
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Summary:One of the major functions of the human brain is to mediate interactions with other people. Until recently, studying brain social interactions has not been possible due to the lack of measurable methods to observe two interacting minds simultaneously. We have developed a novel dual-head MRI coil that can scan two subjects' brains simultaneously while the subjects are socially interacting in one MRI scanner. Meanwhile, a novel scheme for decoupling two quadrature coils (not surface coils) is introduced and validated.
ISSN:1094-687X
1558-4615
DOI:10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627155