Modular 32-channel transceiver coil array for cardiac MRI at 7.0T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 276-290

  Graessl, Andreas ^a   Renz, Wolfgang ^b   Hezel, Fabian ^a   Dieringer, Matthias A ^a   Winter, Lukas ^a   Oezerdem, Celal ^a   Rieger, Jan ^a,c   Kellman, Peter ^d   Santoro, Davide ^a   Lindel, Tomasz D ^a,e   Frauenrath, Tobias ^a   Pfeiffer, Harald ^a,e   Niendorf, Thoralf ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c MRI TOOLS GMBH   (Germany)

^d National Institutes of Health   (United States)

^e PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

cardiovascular MRI; parallel imaging; transceiver array; ultrahigh field MRI

Indexed keywords

HEART; IMAGE RESOLUTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSCEIVERS;

CARDIOVASCULAR MRIS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MULTI-CHANNEL TRANSMISSION; PARALLEL IMAGING; RADIO-FREQUENCY SAFETIES; TRANSCEIVER ARRAY; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); ULTRA-HIGH FIELD MRIS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING PHANTOM; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84902539860     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24903     Document Type: Article

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