Study on a 3T Head Coil: Channel Reduction from 32 to 24

Bing Wu¹, Haidong Peng¹, Dan Xu¹, Liang Xuan¹

Through the study on a commercial 32ch coil, we find that the channel number can be reduced from 32 to 24 without degrading its SNR and parallel imaging performance. Reduced losses from coil components, reduced cost and increased stability are then expected.