Abstract #3836

Actively Detunable 8-Channel Small Animal Transceive Volume Array for 9.4T MRI Systems

Ewald Weber¹, Yu Li¹, BingKeong Li¹, Feng Liu¹, Stuart Crozier¹

¹School of ITEE, the University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

In this work we discuss the development of a 9.4T, 8-channel actively detunable small animal transceive volume array, capable of operating in transmit and/or receive mode. All individual coil elements are actively detunable for operation with independent receiver coils. A prototype was constructed and tested in a Bruker 9.4T Biospec MRI system. Experimental results presented herein demonstrate the potential of the design.