Abstract #3127
High acceleration ability of a homemade 8-ch mouse phased array suggests the possibility for EPI-based functional studies of mice models using a standard 3T human scanner
Hui Han 1 , John Stager 1 , Wei Cao 2 , Miguel Navarro 3 , Fraser Robb 3 , Junghun Cho 1 , Nozomi Nishimura 4 , Chris Schaffer 4 , Valerie Reyna 1 , Yi Wang 1 , and Wen-Ming Luh 1
1
Cornell MRI Facility, Cornell University,
Ithaca, New York, United States,
2
Tongji
Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology,
Hubei, China,
3
GE Healthcare, Ohio, United
States,
4
Biomedical
Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York,
United States
Here we show a homemade 8-ch mouse phased array
interfaced to a standard 3T human scanner. A fact one
may easily neglect is that the small imaging space
allows for an excellent parallel imaging ability even
for a low coil-element count (8) being used, which is a
different scenario for a human coil with a larger
imaging space. An initial trial, using single-shot
gradient echo EPI with parameters tailored to fMRI,
shows the possibility for functional studies of mice
models. To our best knowledge, this is one of few first
demonstrations to attempt fMRI of mice on a clinical
system.
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