Abstract #4104

A Wearable and Flexible 23Na Transmit/Receive Breast Coil at 3T

Busra Kahraman Agir¹, Basak Bayrambas², Antoine Klauser³, Francois Lazeyras ³, Esin Ozturk Isik², and Korkut Yegin⁴

¹The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey, ²Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁴Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

A novel wearable and flexible 23Na transmit/receive breast coil made from a highly conductive thread was introduced for 3 T. Comparison studies were conducted with a 23Na traditional breast coil having the same geometry as the flexible one. Sensitivity maps of 23Na traditional breast coil and 23Na flexible textile breast coil were similar. In addition, 23Na flexible textile breast coil provided better SNR performance when different NaCl concentration were to be imaged. In conclusion, applicability of textile coils on 23Na MRI was demonstrated by means of similar SNR results of 23Na flexible textile breast coil and 23Na traditional breast coil.

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