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@ARTICLE{Choi:903251,
author = {Choi, Chang-Hoon and Hong, Suk-Min and Felder, Jorg and
Tellmann, Lutz and Scheins, Jurgen and Kops, Elena Rota and
Lerche, Christoph and Shah, N. J.},
title = {{A} novel {J}-shape antenna array for simultaneous
{MR}-{PET} or {MR}-{SPECT} imaging},
journal = {IEEE transactions on medical imaging},
volume = {41},
number = {5},
issn = {0278-0062},
address = {New York, NY},
publisher = {IEEE},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-04958},
pages = {1104 - 1113},
year = {2022},
abstract = {Simultaneous MR-PET/-SPECT is an emerging technology that
capitalises on the invaluable advantages of both modalities,
allowing access to numerous sensitive tracers and superior
soft-tissue contrast alongside versatile functional imaging
capabilities. However, to optimise these capabilities,
concurrent acquisitions require the MRI antenna located
inside the PET/SPECT field-of-view to be operated without
compromising any aspects of system performance or image
quality compared to the stand-alone instrumentation. Here,
we report a novel gamma-radiation-transparent antenna
concept. The end-fed J-shape antenna is particularly adept
for hybrid ultra-high field MR-PET/-SPECT applications as it
enables all highly attenuating materials to be placed
outside the imaging field-of-view. Furthermore, this unique
configuration also provides advantages in stand-alone MR
applications by reducing the amount of coupling between the
cables and the antenna elements, and by lowering the
potential specific absorption rate burden. The use of this
new design was experimentally verified according to the
important features for both ultra-high field MRI and the 511
keV transmission scan. The reconstructed attenuation maps
evidently showed much lower attenuation ( ∼15 $\%)$ for
the proposed array when compared to the conventional dipole
antenna array since there were no high-density components.
In MR, it was observed that the signal-to-noise ratio from
the whole volume obtained using the proposed array was
comparable to that acquired by the conventional array which
was also in agreement with the simulation results. The
unique feature, J-shape array, would enable simultaneous
MR-PET/-SPECT experiments to be conducted without unduly
compromising any aspects of system performance and image
quality compared to the stand-alone instrumentation.},
cin = {INM-4 / INM-11 / JARA-BRAIN},
ddc = {620},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-4-20090406 / I:(DE-Juel1)INM-11-20170113 /
I:(DE-Juel1)VDB1046},
pnm = {5253 - Neuroimaging (POF4-525)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5253},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {34860648},
UT = {WOS:000790819300010},
doi = {10.1109/TMI.2021.3132576},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/903251},
}