Abstract #0630
An integrated 8-channel Tx/Rx body coil for 7 Tesla whole-body MRI
Stephan Orzada 1 , Andreas K. Bitz 2 , Marcel Gratz 1,3 , Sren Johst 1 , Maximilian N. Vlker 1 , Oliver Kraff 1 , Dominik Beyer 1 , Tristan Mathiebe 1 , Ashraf Abuelhaija 4 , Klaus Solbach 4 , and Mark E. Ladd 2
1
Erwin L. Hahn Institute for MRI, Essen, NRW,
Germany,
2
Medical
Physics in Radiology, German Cancer Research Center
(DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany,
3
High-field and
Hybrid MR Imaging, University Clinic Essen, Essen,
Germany,
4
RF
Technology, University Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
In this work we present an 8-channel Tx/Rx array for 7
Tesla whole-body imaging which is situated between the
inner bore liner and the gradient coil similar to the
body coils in standard low-field systems. The array is
compared to a close-fitting array of similar elements,
and first images of a human volunteer are presented.
While transmit efficiency and SNR are reduced in
comparison to a close-fitting array, a larger
field-of-view in the z-direction is achieved.
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