1Radiology, Stanford University,
Stanford, CA, United States; 2Bioengineering, Stanford University,
Stanford, CA, United States; 3GE Healthcare
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spatial and temporal resolution imaging could be used to better classify
breast lesions with the potential to improve breast cancer diagnosis. In this work we compare a novel 16-channel
bilateral breast coil to a standard commercially-available 8-channel coil, in
terms of SNR and parallel imaging capability in two directions. Overall we have demonstrated that a
closely-fitted surface array can substantially improve both SNR and parallel
imaging capability compared with standard 8-channel bilateral breast coils.