Applications using PulseTeq Products
Hyperpolarized Imaging
PulseTeq offers the following coils optimised for specific hyperpolarised nuclei imaging applications:
- Localised body coils – targeted on the heart, lungs, kidneys or other organs in the abdomen: 13C or 129Xe
- Liver coils including dual tuned designs: 13C and 1H imaging, or 129Xe and 1H imaging.
- Head coils: single or dual tuned quadrature coils
- Leg coils: quadrature coils for the lower leg or knee
Hyperpolarized 3He lung image super-imposed on 1H body coil image. Data courtesy of Prof. J Wild, University of Sheffield.
Hyperpolarized 13C imaging of lactate in the porcine brain data courtesy of University of Aarhus.
Sodium or Fluorine Imaging
23Na image of the kidney in a volunteer subject.
Data courtesy of Dr. C Laustsen, University of Aarhus
PulseTeq offers a wide range of coils optimised for sodium and fluorine imaging.
These include:
- Localised body coils – targeted on the heart, lungs, kidneys or other organs in the abdomen
- Head coils: single or dual tuned quadrature coils
- Leg coils: quadrature coils for the knee
Multinuclear Spectroscopy and Phantoms
PulseTeq’s coils for MR spectroscopy include coils for specific parts of the body and also general purpose surface coils.
These include
- Localised body coils: targeted on the heart, lungs, kidneys or other organs in the abdomen: including 31P and 13C
- Liver or leg coils: dual tuned designs including 31P and 13C coils with local 1H coil for imaging or 1H decoupled spectroscopy
- Head coils: single or dual tuned quadrature coils
- Leg coils: quadrature coils for the lower leg or knee
- Surface coils: wide range of diameters for many different target tissues
- Phantoms for multinuclear QA
31P CSI liver spectrum 3 x 3 x 3 cm voxel at depth of 10 cm.
Data courtesy of the The Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre,
Cambridge Biomedical Campus,. Cambridge University
Preclinical RF Coils
Our preclinical coils include:
- A range of volume and surface coils for single and dual tuned applications.
- Standard quadrature volume coils sized from 27 mm upwards.
- Designs for whole body imaging systems as well for preclinical scanners.
- Coils with custom localised fields of view including designs optimised for brain imaging in mouse or rat.
Coils shown: 72 mm 1H quadrature volume coil on the left and dual tuned 31P/1H surface coil – 10 mm diameter below
Custom X-nuclei and 1H array coils for whole body and preclinical systems
PulseTeq has extensive experience in designing multi-element arrays for 1H and multinuclear applications.
Examples of previous coils include:
- Novel carotid coil with two arrays of 5 elements each (shown here).
- Close fitting multi-element head coils
- Xenon / 1H array coil for Paramed system
- 31P surface coil for cardiac studies
