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- Title
Modular 32-channel transceiver coil array for cardiac MRI at 7.0T.
- Authors
Graessl, Andreas; Renz, Wolfgang; Hezel, Fabian; Dieringer, Matthias A.; Winter, Lukas; Oezerdem, Celal; Rieger, Jan; Kellman, Peter; Santoro, Davide; Lindel, Tomasz D.; Frauenrath, Tobias; Pfeiffer, Harald; Niendorf, Thoralf
- Abstract
Purpose To design and evaluate a modular transceiver coil array with 32 independent channels for cardiac MRI at 7.0T. Methods The modular coil array comprises eight independent building blocks, each containing four transceiver loop elements. Numerical simulations were used for B1+ field homogenization and radiofrequency (RF) safety validation. RF characteristics were examined in a phantom study. The array's suitability for accelerated high spatial resolution two-dimensional (2D) FLASH CINE imaging of the heart was examined in a volunteer study. Results Transmission field adjustments and RF characteristics were found to be suitable for the volunteer study. The signal-to-noise intrinsic to 7.0T together with the coil performance afforded a spatial resolution of 1.1 × 1.1 × 2.5 mm3 for 2D CINE FLASH MRI, which is by a factor of 6 superior to standardized CINE protocols used in clinical practice at 1.5T. The 32-channel transceiver array supports one-dimensional acceleration factors of up to R = 4 without impairing image quality significantly. Conclusion The modular 32-channel transceiver cardiac array supports accelerated and high spatial resolution cardiac MRI. The array is compatible with multichannel transmission and provides a technological basis for future clinical assessment of parallel transmission techniques at 7.0T. Magn Reson Med 72:276-290, 2014. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- Publication
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2014, Vol 72, Issue 1, p276
- ISSN
0740-3194
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/mrm.24903