Jrn Ewald1,
Florian M. Meise1, Stefan Fischer2, Torsten Hertz1,
Torsten Lnneker-Lammers3, Laura Maria Schreiber2
1LMT Medical Systems GmbH, Luebeck,
Germany; 2Section of Medical Physics, Department of Diagnostical
and Interventional Radiology, Mainz University Medical School, Mainz,
Germany; 3LMT Lammers Medical Technology GmbH, Luebeck, Germany
For
a detailed understanding of diseases and developmental processes during the
first year of live without harming the patient by using ionizing radiation,
MRI of the neonatal brain is mandatory. So far this could be achieved by using
an MR-safe. Because reduction of scan time (minimizing movement artifacts and
specific absorption rate) is needed, phased array coils to apply parallel
imaging techniques have to be developed. Since comparable field strength
studies, for analyzing influences of image contrasts, may be performed, an
8-channel phased array head coil implemented in an MR-safe incubator was
designed for 1.5T and 3T in this study.