Abstract #3817

Abdominal Imaging at 7T with a 32-Channel Body Array Coil - Initial Results

Jochen Leupold¹, Florian Meise², Matt Finnerty³, Tsinghua Zheng³, Jrgen Hennig¹, Michael Bock²

¹Dept. of Radiology, Medical Physics, University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany; ²Abt. Medizinische Physik in der Radiologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany; ³Quality Electrodynamics (QED), Mayfield Village, OH, United States

Application of ultrahighfield-MR (UHF-MR) at 7T on humans is currently mainly limited to the brain due to the expected strong inhomogeneity of the B1-field in the body and abdomen. We present first results of a 7T transmit/receive body coil array, which has been designed as an array of multiple small coil elements with the goal to minimize coil induced B1-inhomogeneities.