OverView:
Traditionally, coaxial cables have been utilized in intravascular MRI coils for imaging blood vessels within the body. However, this project aims to mitigate the thermal effects caused by electrical current flow and enhance the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and Q-factor by employing optical fibers instead of coaxial cables. This approach involves transmitting information as light signals. Since the coil signal operates at a frequency of 63.875 MHz, and after exploring various methods for digital data transmission, a software-defined radio (SDR) was designed. This SDR allows the coil signal to be digitized and transmitted through an optical transmitter, facilitating the use of optical fibers for intravascular MRI coil applications.
Scope and Objectives:
- Design Electronic Analog and Digital Circuit
- Design PCB(Altium Designer)
- Signal Integrity
- Electromagnetic Theory and RF Engineering
- Fiber Optic Device
- Digital Signal Processing, Medical Imaging
- Embedded System Design
- Testing and assembling and soldering the board
- C# Programming
- Communication Protocols and Interfaces (USB)
- Multithreading and Concurrency
- Data Visualization
- Debugging and Testing