Introduction: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) in surgically or genetically modified mice is typically performed using single dedicated volume or surface coils. The development of coil arrays to speed-up CMR becomes more challenging with increasing magnetic field strength and reduced bore size of the magnet. While the use of coil arrays for cardiac MR exams of the human heart is well es...

Radiofrequency (RF) surface coils are extensively used as receivers in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy (MRS) systems thanks to their high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). For specific applications, the design of dedicated RF with a transverse (to coil’s plane) field pattern can be necessary. Such transverse-field constituted by several central linear (parallel or crossing) conduct...

PURPOSE Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of rodents can be expected to be a growing application, particularly when translatory imaging research "from mouse to man" is envisioned. 7 T high-field human whole-body MR systems provide a powerful platform for high-resolution small animal imaging. For achieving adequate spatial resolution, dedicated radiofrequency coils have to be designed to provide ...

We look at how evolution method deforms, when one considers Khovanov polynomials instead of Jones polynomials. do this for the figure-eight-like knots (also known as ’double braid’ knots, see arXiv:1306.3197) — a two-parametric family which “grows” from figure-eight knot and contains both two-strand torus twist knots. prove that parameter space splits into four chambers, each with its own evolu...