一种基于CORDIC的磁共振射频脉冲发生器

  • 刘颖 ,
  • 卢志豪 ,
  • 吕海龙 ,
  • 章浩伟
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  • 上海理工大学,健康科学与工程学院,上海 200093

收稿日期: 2025-10-10

  修回日期: 2025-11-20

  录用日期: 2025-12-22

  网络出版日期: 2025-12-22

A Design of CORDIC-based Magnetic Resonance RF Pulse Generator

  • Liu-Ying ,
  • LuZhiHao ,
  • lvHaiLong ,
  • ZhangHaoWei
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  • School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China

Received date: 2025-10-10

  Revised date: 2025-11-20

  Accepted date: 2025-12-22

  Online published: 2025-12-22

摘要

核磁共振(Nuclear Magnetic Resonance,NMR)射频脉冲发生器对成像质量至关重要. 传统的直接数字频率合成技术(Direct Digital Synthesizer,DDS)要想实现较高精度则需要依赖大容量查找表,因此会占用较多的片上随机块存储器(Block Random Access Memory,BRAM)资源且灵活度受限. 本文提出一种基于坐标旋转数字计算机(Coordinate Rotation Digital Computer,CORDIC)算法的磁共振射频脉冲发生器设计,通过在现场可编程门阵列(Field-Programmable Gate Array,FPGA)中构建自定义CORDIC核实现射频信号的频率、相位和幅度的数字化调制,结合Zynq-7000全可编程片上系统(System on Chip,SoC)实现高集成度、低功耗的硬件架构. 实验结果表明,所设计脉冲发生器可输出频率分辨率为0.046 Hz、相位分辨率为0.005 5˚的射频脉冲信号,且四通道所占用的BRAM资源较传统DDS方案降低约21.4%. 该设计为NMR设备的射频前端小型化与高性能化提供了可行方案.

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刘颖 , 卢志豪 , 吕海龙 , 章浩伟 . 一种基于CORDIC的磁共振射频脉冲发生器[J]. 波谱学杂志, 0 : 0 . DOI: 10.11938/cjmr2025-3183

Abstract

The RF pulse generator in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) systems plays a crucial role in determining imaging quality. Traditional direct digital synthesis (DDS) techniques rely on large-capacity lookup tables to achieve high precision, which results in excessive consumption of on-chip block random access memory (BRAM) resources and limits flexibility. This paper proposes a design for a magnetic resonance radiofrequency pulse generator based on the coordinate rotation digital computer (CORDIC) algorithm. By implementing a custom CORDIC core within a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), it achieves digital modulation of the radiofrequency signal's frequency, phase and amplitude. Combined with a Zynq-7000 system-on-chip (SoC), this design provides a highly integrated and low-power hardware architecture. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed pulse generator can output RF pulses with a frequency resolution of 0.046 Hz and a phase resolution of 0.005 5˚, Moreover, the BRAM resources occupied by the four channels are reduced by approximately 21.4% compared to the traditional DDS solution. This design offers a feasible solution for achieving miniaturization and high performance in the RF front-end of NMR instruments. 
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