Abstract #0626
7T 22ch Wrap-around Coil Array for Cervical Spinal Cord Imaging
Bei Zhang 1 , Priti Balchandani 1 , Zahi A. Fayad 1 , Joo-won Kim 1 , Christopher Cannistraci 1 , Bernd Stoeckel 2 , and Junqian Xu 1
1
Translational and Molecular Imaging
Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New
York, New York, United States,
2
Siemens
Medical Solution, New York, New York, United States
A 22 channel wrap-around coil array was built for 7T
cervical spinal cord imaging. The coil consists of four
transmit-receive (Tx/Rx) elements and eighteen
receive-only (Rx) elements. Two of the four Tx/Rx
elements are anterior and the other two are posterior to
the subject. The eighteen Rx elements, of which six are
anterior and twelve are posterior to the subject,
surround the Tx/Rx elements. All the coils follow the
contour of the body to maximize SNR. Both simulation and
experiments show high transmit efficiency with the
wrap-around design and excellent SNR for high-resolution
cervical spinal cord imaging at 7T.
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