Andreas Graessl1,
Michael Schwerter1, Maximilian Muhle1, Jan Rieger1,
2, Celal Oezerdem1, Abdullah Ok1, Davide Santoro1,
Darius Lysiak1, 2, Oliver Stachs3, Soenke
Langner4, Paul-Christian Krueger4, Thoralf Niendorf1,
5
1Berlin
Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular
Medicine, Berlin, Germany; 2MRI.TOOLS GmbH, Berlin, Germany; 3Department
of Ophthalmology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany; 4Institute
for Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University of Greifswald,
Greifswald, Germany; 5Experimental and Clinical Research Center,
Berlin, Germany
In vivo imaging of the spatial arrangement of eye segments and their masses is an emerging MRI application and ultimately aims at performing MR image-based biometry. For this purpose, a six-element transceiver eye coil array (f=298 MHz) which uses loop elements is proposed. Our EMF simulations and experimental results indicate that the use of multiple surface coil transceiver loop elements yields an excellent SNR for eye imaging, affords uniform signal intensity across the eyes, and facilitates the depiction of anatomical details of the eye.