Capacitive versus Overlap Decoupling of Adjacent Radio Frequency Phased Array Coil Elements: An Imaging Robustness Comparison When Sample Load Varies for 3 Tesla MRI

Table 1

Max (mean) g-factor values (see Figures 5(a) and 5(b)).

		Anterior-posterior				Left-right
	0.3 S/m	×2	×3	×4	×5	×2	×3	×4	×5
Simulated	CD	1.47	2.96	11.68	65.30	4.43	9.59	37.80	7142.59
		(1.15)	(1.78)	(3.92)	(13.74)	(1.30)	(2.37)	(6.76)	(43.88)
	OD	1.55	3.09	11.72	78.04	5.15	11.61	43.39	2775.42
		(1.17)	(1.87)	(4.30)	(16.51)	(1.36)	(2.58)	(7.39)	(45.69)
Measured	CD	1.66	3.55	15.14	847.96	5.82	10.80	79.26	2256.00
		(1.23)	(2.00)	(4.21)	(15.25)	(1.30)	(2.49)	(6.14)	(18.01)
	OD	1.79	4.09	17.04	506.96	6.34	12.79	82.29	4480.72
		(1.28)	(2.14)	(4.80)	(18.21)	(1.32)	(2.64)	(6.62)	(22.08)
	0.6 S/m	×2	×3	×4	×5	×2	×3	×4	×5
Simulated	CD	1.50	3.29	10.88	60.83	2.28	7.16	31.21	1867.61
		(1.14)	(1.73)	(3.67)	(12.10)	(1.16)	(1.92)	(5.46)	(39.40)
	OD	1.50	3.40	11.21	68.30	2.65	8.37	38.72	2665.41
		(1.16)	(1.83)	(4.05)	(14.64)	(1.21)	(2.11)	(6.20)	(44.39)
Measured	CD	1.90	4.27	15.05	191.98	2.54	6.48	44.91	2354.87
		(1.23)	(2.02)	(4.13)	(14.70)	(1.19)	(2.07)	(5.63)	(20.42)
	OD	2.04	4.81	17.83	183.64	2.57	7.24	53.77	4401.27
		(1.28)	(2.15)	(4.64)	(16.64)	(1.21)	(2.17)	(6.24)	(30.10)
	0.9 S/m	×2	×3	×4	×5	×2	×3	×4	×5
Simulated	CD	1.66	3.94	11.97	59.15	1.73	6.28	29.63	992.37
		(1.14)	(1.77)	(3.73)	(11.51)	(1.11)	(1.76)	(4.98)	(31.86)
	OD	1.64	3.93	12.22	61.17	1.80	6.98	34.27	925.98
		(1.16)	(1.84)	(3.98)	(13.32)	(1.13)	(1.86)	(5.40)	(32.28)
Measured	CD	2.14	4.86	13.54	167.99	1.89	5.71	67.80	3620.02
		(1.23)	(2.00)	(4.06)	(13.04)	(1.12)	(1.90)	(5.37)	(24.52)
	OD	2.25	5.25	16.65	177.03	1.93	6.29	71.22	4881.34
		(1.29)	(2.13)	(4.48)	(14.87)	(1.14)	(1.99)	(5.80)	(30.53)