MR Imaging of the Lower Extremities at 7 Tesla: Initial Experience with a 15-Channel Coil

Michael Bock¹, Florian Meise¹, Titus Lanz², Reiner Umathum¹, Lydia Schuster, Lars Gerigk, Armin M. Nagel¹, Ann-Kathrin Homagk¹, Wolfhard Semmler¹

MR imaging of the knee has been demonstrated at 7 Tesla, but the full potential of the high field strength has so far not been exploited due to the lack of multi-channel receive coils. In this work we present preliminary data acquired with a 15 channel extremty coil which demonstrates that MR imaging of the knee region is feasible with parallel imaging at 7 Tesla in clinically acceptable imaging times.