Technical Data

General MRI Surface Coil Specifications

Mechanical dimension

 

  • H = 24 mm,
  • W = 60 mm,
  • L = 104 mm (tune/match housing)

17 cm cables in between

  • L = 50 mm,
  • W = 40 mm curved
  • H = 12 mm (RF Coil housing)

Dimension of RF structure

Double resonant surface Coil with 20 mm diameter for 19F embedded in slightly larger 1H butterfly resonance structure.

Distance to center

n.a.

Weight of MRI coil

approx. 0.4 kg

Typical load

Rat head / mouse body up to 400/50 g body weight

 

 

 

1H/X MRI Coil

MRI Nucleus

proton (1H), fluorine (19F)

Frequency

300.3 MHz (1H) or 282.2 MHz (19F) switchable

Polarization

linear (1H), linear (19F)

Operation mode

transceiver 1H or 19F

Active detuning

no, manual switch between 1H and 19F

Tune / match

manual tune, pre-matched for 1H and X-nucleus

Max. RF power limits

1H and X-nucleus:

peak power: 20 W

pulse length: 5 ms @ max peak power

cw power: 1 W