% % Tutorials / 3T MRI Low Pass Birdcage coil % % Description at: % http://openems.de/index.php/Tutorial:_MRI_LP_Birdcage % % Estimated time to run: ~7h @ ~65MC/s % Memory requirement (RAM): ~ 700MB % % Tested with % - openEMS v0.0.33 % - Matlab 7.12.0 (R2011a) % % (C) 2013-2015 Thorsten Liebig close all clear clc % simulation setup f0 = 128e6; excite.f_0 = 75e6; % excite gaussian pulse center frequency excite.f_c = 75e6; % excite gaussian pulse cutoff frequency postproc_only = 0; % set to 1 to perform only post processing GeomPlot = 1; % set to 0 to skip geometry viewer % bore setup Bore.rad = 320; Bore.length = 1600; % birdcage setup BC.N_rungs = 8; BC.rad = 120; BC.stripwidth = 10; BC.portwidth = BC.stripwidth/2; BC.portlength = BC.stripwidth/2; BC.length = 250; BC.cap = 2.6e-12; % feed amplitude and phase at given rungs BC.feed_pos = [1 3]; BC.feed_amp = [1 -1j]; %% define the human body model (virtual family) % set file name for human body model to create with "Convert_VF_DiscMaterial" % the file name should contain a full path body_model_file = [pwd '/Ella_centered_' num2str(f0/1e6) 'MHz.h5']; % convert only part of the model (head/shoulder section) body_model_range = {[],[],[-0.85 0]}; body_mesh_res = 2.5; % should be something like: BC.stripwidth/4 % paths to virtual family voxel models (VFVM), adept to your install! VF_raw_filesuffix = '/tmp/Ella_26y_V2_1mm'; VF_mat_db_file = '/tmp/DB_h5_20120711_SEMCADv14.8.h5'; % delete(body_model_file); % uncomment to delete old model if something changed % convert model (if it does not exist) Convert_VF_DiscMaterial(VF_raw_filesuffix, VF_mat_db_file, body_model_file, ... 'Frequency', f0, 'Center', 1, ... 'Range', body_model_range); % rotate model to face the nose in +y-dir, and translate body_model_transform = {'Rotate_X',pi,'Rotate_Z',pi, ... 'Translate',[0,5,-720]}; %% some internal parameter physical_constants % load important physical constants end_crit = 1e-5; %abort simulation at -50dB energy drop unit = 1e-3; %drawing unit used %capacity footprint is 4mm x 4mm lambda_min = c0/(excite.f_0+excite.f_c); % meshing options % desired mesh resolution mesh_res([1 3]) = min(15,lambda_min/20/unit); mesh_res(2) = body_mesh_res / BC.rad; %% setup FDTD parameter & excitation function FDTD = InitFDTD('CoordSystem', 1, ... %init a cylindrical FDTD setup 'EndCriteria', 1e-4, ... % with an end criteria of -40dB (1e-4) 'MultiGrid', '10,20',... % add two cylindrical sub-grids at a radius of 10 and 20 mm 'CellConstantMaterial', 1); % assume a material is constant inside % a cell (material probing in cell center) % define the excitation time-signal (unmodulated gaussian pulse) FDTD = SetGaussExcite(FDTD,excite.f_0,excite.f_c); % define & set boundary conditions % - pml in +/- z-direction % - boundaries in -r and +/- alpha direction disabled (full cylindrical mesh) % - PEC boundary in +r-direction to model bore RF shield FDTD = SetBoundaryCond(FDTD, [0 0 0 0 3 3]); %% setup CSXCAD geometry & mesh (cylindrical) CSX = InitCSX('CoordSystem',1); % init empty mesh structure mesh.r = []; mesh.a = []; mesh.z = []; %% Create metal bird cage and rung capacities CSX = AddMetal(CSX,'metal'); CSX = AddLumpedElement(CSX,'caps','z','C',BC.cap); da_Strip = BC.stripwidth/BC.rad; % width of a strip in radiant da_Caps = BC.portwidth/BC.rad; % width of a cap/port in radiant da_Segs = 2*pi/BC.N_rungs; % width of a rung in radiant a_start = -pi-da_Segs/2; % starting angle w0 = 2*pi*f0; T0 = 1/f0; % port counter port_Nr = 1; a0 = a_start; for n=1:BC.N_rungs start = [BC.rad a0+da_Segs/2-da_Caps/2 -0.5*BC.portlength]; stop = [BC.rad a0+da_Segs/2+da_Caps/2 +0.5*BC.portlength]; CSX = AddBox(CSX,'caps',1, start, stop); start = [BC.rad a0+da_Segs/2-da_Caps/2 0.5*BC.length-BC.stripwidth/2-BC.portlength]; stop = [BC.rad a0+da_Segs/2+da_Caps/2 0.5*BC.length-BC.stripwidth/2]; if (~isempty(intersect(n, BC.feed_pos)) && (BC.feed_amp(port_Nr)~=0)) % active port exc_amp = abs(BC.feed_amp(port_Nr)); % calculate time delay to achieve a given phase shift at f0 T = -angle(BC.feed_amp(port_Nr)) / w0; if T<0 T = T + T0; end [CSX port{port_Nr}] = AddLumpedPort(CSX, 100, port_Nr, 50, start, stop, [0 0 1]*exc_amp, true,'Delay',T); %increase port count port_Nr = port_Nr+1; start = [BC.rad a0+da_Segs/2-da_Strip/2 0.5*BC.length-BC.stripwidth/2-BC.portlength]; elseif ~isempty(intersect(n, BC.feed_pos)) % passive port [CSX port{port_Nr}] = AddLumpedPort(CSX, 100, port_Nr, 50, start, stop, [0 0 1], false); %increase port count port_Nr = port_Nr+1; start = [BC.rad a0+da_Segs/2-da_Strip/2 0.5*BC.length-BC.stripwidth/2-BC.portlength]; else start = [BC.rad a0+da_Segs/2-da_Strip/2 0.5*BC.length]; end % the start z-coordinate depends on the port (see above) stop = [BC.rad a0+da_Segs/2+da_Strip/2 0.5*BC.portlength]; CSX = AddBox(CSX,'metal',1, start, stop); start = [BC.rad a0+da_Segs/2-da_Strip/2 -0.5*BC.length]; stop = [BC.rad a0+da_Segs/2+da_Strip/2 -0.5*BC.portlength]; CSX = AddBox(CSX,'metal',1, start, stop); % some additional mesh lines mesh.a = [mesh.a a0+da_Segs/2]; a0 = a0 + da_Segs; end % create metal top ring start = [BC.rad a_start -(BC.length-BC.stripwidth)/2]; stop = [BC.rad a_start+2*pi -(BC.length+BC.stripwidth)/2]; CSX = AddBox(CSX,'metal',1, start, stop); % create metal bottom ring start = [BC.rad a_start (BC.length-BC.stripwidth)/2]; stop = [BC.rad a_start+2*pi (BC.length+BC.stripwidth)/2]; CSX = AddBox(CSX,'metal',1, start, stop); %% create smooth mesh mesh = DetectEdges(CSX, mesh); mesh.r = [0 SmoothMeshLines([body_mesh_res*1.5 mesh.r], body_mesh_res)]; mesh.z = SmoothMeshLines(mesh.z, body_mesh_res); mesh.r = [mesh.r Bore.rad]; %mesh lines in radial direction mesh.z = [-Bore.length/2 mesh.z Bore.length/2]; %mesh lines in z-direction mesh = SmoothMesh(mesh, mesh_res, 1.5); %% check the cell limit numCells = numel(mesh.r)*numel(mesh.a)*numel(mesh.z); %% define human body model CSX = AddDiscMaterial(CSX, 'body_model', 'File', body_model_file, 'Scale', 1/unit, 'Transform', body_model_transform); start = [mesh.r(1) mesh.a(1) mesh.z(1)]; stop = [mesh.r(end) mesh.a(end) mesh.z(end)]; CSX = AddBox(CSX, 'body_model', 0, start, stop); %% define dump boxes... %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% start = [0 mesh.a(1) -BC.length/2]; stop = [BC.rad mesh.a(end) +BC.length/2]; CSX = AddDump(CSX,'Ef','FileType',1,'DumpType',10,'DumpMode',2,'Frequency',f0); CSX = AddBox(CSX,'Ef',0 , start,stop); CSX = AddDump(CSX,'Hf','FileType',1,'DumpType',11,'DumpMode',2,'Frequency',f0); CSX = AddBox(CSX,'Hf',0 , start,stop); CSX = AddDump(CSX,'SAR','FileType',1,'DumpType',20,'DumpMode',2,'Frequency',f0); CSX = AddBox(CSX,'SAR',0 , start,stop); start = [0 mesh.a(1) 0]; stop = [BC.rad mesh.a(end) 0]; CSX = AddDump(CSX,'Ht','FileType',1,'DumpType',1,'DumpMode',2); CSX = AddBox(CSX,'Ht',0 , start,stop); %% finalize mesh % add some lines for the pml in +/- z- direction mesh = AddPML(mesh, [0 0 0 0 10 10], 1); % define the mesh CSX = DefineRectGrid(CSX, unit, mesh); %% Write file & run openEMS Sim_Path = ['tmp_' mfilename]; if (postproc_only==0) [status, message, messageid] = rmdir(Sim_Path,'s'); %delete old results [status, message, messageid] = mkdir(Sim_Path); %create folder WriteOpenEMS([Sim_Path '/BirdCage.xml'],FDTD,CSX); end if (GeomPlot==1) CSXGeomPlot( [Sim_Path '/BirdCage.xml'] , ['--export-polydata-vtk=' Sim_Path ' --RenderDiscMaterial -v']); end if (postproc_only==0) RunOpenEMS(Sim_Path, 'BirdCage.xml'); end %% freq = linspace(excite.f_0-excite.f_c,excite.f_0+excite.f_c,201); port = calcPort(port, Sim_Path, freq); close all s11 = port{1}.uf.ref./port{1}.uf.inc; s22 = port{2}.uf.ref./port{2}.uf.inc; % the s-parameter may be larger than 1 (0dB) since all ports are excited % and do not have a perfect port isolation plot(freq*1e-6,20*log10(abs(s11)),'Linewidth',2) hold on grid on plot(freq*1e-6,20*log10(abs(s22)),'r--','Linewidth',2) legend('s11','s22'); %% read SAR values on a xy-plane (range) [SAR SAR_mesh] = ReadHDF5Dump([Sim_Path '/SAR.h5'],'Range',{[],[],0},'CloseAlpha',1); SAR = SAR.FD.values{1}; % SAR plot figure() [R A] = ndgrid(SAR_mesh.lines{1},SAR_mesh.lines{2}); X = R.*cos(A);Y = R.*sin(A); colormap('hot'); h = pcolor(X,Y,(squeeze(SAR))); % h = pcolor(X,Y,log10(squeeze(SAR))); set(h,'EdgeColor','none'); xlabel('x -->'); ylabel('y -->'); title('local SAR'); axis equal tight %% plot B1+/- on an xy-plane [H_field H_mesh] = ReadHDF5Dump([Sim_Path '/Hf.h5'],'Range',{[0 0.1],[],0},'CloseAlpha',1); % create a 2D grid to plot on [R A] = ndgrid(H_mesh.lines{1},H_mesh.lines{2}); X = R.*cos(A); Y = R.*sin(A); % calc Bx,By (from Br and Ba), B1p, B1m Bx = MUE0*(H_field.FD.values{1}(:,:,:,1).*cos(A) - H_field.FD.values{1}(:,:,:,2).*sin(A)); By = MUE0*(H_field.FD.values{1}(:,:,:,1).*sin(A) + H_field.FD.values{1}(:,:,:,2).*cos(A)); B1p = 0.5*(Bx+1j*By); B1m = 0.5*(Bx-1j*By); Dump2VTK([Sim_Path '/B1p_xy.vtk'], abs(B1p), H_mesh, 'B-Field'); Dump2VTK([Sim_Path '/B1m_xy.vtk'], abs(B1m), H_mesh, 'B-Field'); maxB1 = max([abs(B1p(:)); abs(B1m(:))]); % B1+ plot figure() subplot(1,2,1); h = pcolor(X,Y,abs(B1p)); set(h,'EdgeColor','none'); xlabel('x -->'); ylabel('y -->'); title('B_1^+ field (dB)'); caxis([0 maxB1]); axis equal tight % B1- plot subplot(1,2,2); h = pcolor(X,Y,abs(B1m)); set(h,'EdgeColor','none'); xlabel('x -->'); ylabel('y -->'); title('B_1^- field (dB)'); caxis([0 maxB1]); axis equal tight %% ConvertHDF5_VTK([Sim_Path '/Hf.h5'],[Sim_Path '/Hf_xy'],'Range',{[],[],0},'CloseAlpha',1) ConvertHDF5_VTK([Sim_Path '/SAR.h5'],[Sim_Path '/SAR_xy'],'Range',{[],[],0},'CloseAlpha',1)