A 60-channel high-density flexible receive array for pediatric abdominal MRI

作者：Wonje Lee, Yun-Jeong Stickle, Clyve Follante, Thomas Grafendorfer, Taeyoung Yang, Fraser Robb, Fan Zhang, Greig Scott, John M. Pauly, Shreyas Vasanawala, Ali Syed · 发表于：Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.58530/2024/1035 · 研究领域：Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications、Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research

Motivation: Conventional MRI coils offer suboptimal parallel imaging performance for young children. Goal(s): Our goal was to enhance imaging acceleration by dedicated flexible high-density coil design for pediatric patients at 3T. Approach: We design, construct, and evaluate a highly flexible small element dense array constituted by dual turn loops with minimum inter-component interference layout design. Results: Both phantom and in-vivo studies demonstrated superior parallel imaging performance using the proposed coil. Impact: A dedicated high-channel count coil that allows highly localized coil sensitivities by minimum interference layout design may benefit small pediatric patients.