Florian M.
Meise1, Jrn Ewald1, 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
MRI
of newborns got growing attention over the past few years as it provides
precise diagnostics without the use of ionizing radiation. Premature infants
and newborns need optimum environmental conditions during the measurement
procedure, (temperature and humidity). Since there is an MR-safe incubator
available, imaging of the brain and thorax under optimum conditions is
possible. Especially at high fields, SAR limits and movement artifacts from
the patient can be challenging. Both issues can be dealt with by applying
parallel imaging techniques. To Also to improve SNR with multi-element
arrays, an 8+4-channel phased array implemented in an MR-safe incubator was
designed.