We are pleased to announce our second speaker for our Student Seminar Series, Adam Maunder, who will be presenting a talk titled “Strategies for Maximizing Signal to Noise in Decoupled Receive Coil Arrays for Magnetic Resonance Imaging”.  Come and meet local researchers  in the microwave community and learn about the latest developments in this area.  Free pizza and refreshments will be available.

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Abstract

The optimization of radio frequency coil arrays for optimal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and the mitigation of coupling between elements are presented. Coupling affects the optimum preamplifier noise matching, can cause resonant frequency splitting and degrade individual coil sensitivities. A theoretical framework for modeling capacitive coupling is shown as well as the benefits of using naturally decoupled orthogonal coils, taking account of preamplifier and electronic circuitry noise.

We are still accepting applicants for future seminar series. To become one of our student presenters please send an email our Student Liaison Officer, Souren Shamsinejad, at s.s@ualberta.ca  with your topic.