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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2018.29.11.821

Design of RF Coil for Low Magnetic-Field Osteoblast Reformation System  

Mun, Sung Hyuk (School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
Cho, Choon Sik (School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
Kim, Young-Jin (School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Korea Aerospace University)
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Abstract
In devices used for re-forming osteoblasts to treat osteoporosis, a magnetic field is applied from the outside of the bone, and the minerals contained in the bone are aligned in a certain direction and undergo precessional motion. When a $90^{\circ}$ RF pulse is applied by using an RF coil, protons of minerals are brought to an excited state, and phosphorus activity promoting the deposition of osteoblasts in the bone is increased, thereby reshaping the bone. Miniaturizing the RF coil that generates a signal corresponding to the harmonic of the precessional motional frequency by means of the $90^{\circ}$ RF pulse can drastically reduce the overall size of the bone reshaping system. In this study, we propose a methodology for the miniaturization of the RF coil that can be used for osteoblast re-formation using a bone reshaping system. The capacitance of the designed RF coil is 25 pF, the inductance is approximately 100 nH, and the resonance frequency is 96 MHz. The radius of the end ring of the designed RF coil is 18 cm, and the total length of the leg is $2{\times}11.6cm$. The performance of the coil is verified through post-design measurement.
Keywords
RF Coil; RF Pulse; Osteoporosis; Larmor Precession; Magnetic Field;
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