Degree of RF MRI coil detuning for an anatomically realistic respiratory cycle modeled with the finite element method.

Respiratory motion is an important problem in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), contributing to image blurring during data acquisition and coil detuning. Using the concept of an ideal (perfectly matched and tuned at all available ports) RF transmit coil and the VHP-Female v4.0 dynamic CAD model, we numerically model and estimate the detuning of a full-body RF coil during the respiratory cycle.