About MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to form pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes of the body. MRI scanners use strong magnetic fields, magnetic field gradients, and radio waves to generate images of the organs in the body – from wikipedia.
About Coil: Coil is an electrical conductor such as a wire in the shape loops. Due to Ampere's law, a current through any conductor creates a circular magnetic field around the conductor due to Ampere's law. There are mainly two kinds of coils in MRI, one is the electromagnetic coil or radiofrequency (RF) coil that excite or pick up the MRI RF signal, the other is the gradient coil or DC coil to allow spatial encoding of the MR signal and perform shimming for the static magnetic field. Both the RF coil and the gradient coil are crucial components in MRI and play an important role in the imaging quality.
About MRI Coil Lab at Vanderbilt Institute of Imaging Science (VUIIS): The Coil Lab at VUIIS is to revolve advancing engineering solutions to address the technical challenges encountered in the field of MRI by playing with the COIL. Our primary objectives encompass improving RF and B0 homogeneity in high-field MRI, accelerating acquisition speed, reducing RF heating near implants, and enhancing the Signal-to-Noise Ratio.
