Abstract #1400
A Low PET Attenuation Transmit-Receive Head Coil for Simultaneous PET and MR Spectroscopy
Gillian Haemer 1,2 , David Faul 3 , Thomas Koesters 1,4 , Kimberly Jackson 1 , Oded Gonen 1 , and Graham Wiggins 1
1
The Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for
Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, New York
University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United
States,
2
The
Sackler Institute for Graduate Biomedical Sciences, New
York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United
States,
3
Siemens
Medical Solutions, New York, NY, United States,
4
Center
for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research, Department
of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine,
New York, NY, United States
In order to allow for simultaneous PET and MR
Spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) on a PET/MR Hybrid system,
RF coil designs must be MR efficient, transmit-receive
capable, and provide low PET attenuation. We present a
birdcage coil design based on these requirements, which
provides sufficient efficiency for MRSI, while creating
minimal attenuation. We compare the MR efficiency of
this coil to an MR Instruments TEM coil, and the PET
attenuation to the attenuation-minimized receive-only
head coil provided with the PET/MR system, and find that
this design provides comparable MR efficiency and
superior attenuation minimization.
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