Abstract #0715

Abdominal and Body Imaging Using a 16 Channel Dipole RF Array at 7.0 T

Celal Oezerdem¹, Till Huelnhagen¹, Lukas Winter¹, and Thoralf Niendorf^1,2

¹Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F), Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany, ²Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité Medical Faculty and the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany

This pilot study demonstrates the feasibility of abdominal imaging and parametric T₂^* mapping of the liver and kidney at 7.0T by employing a 16 channel electrical dipole RF array. The large field of view and rather uniform excitation field enabled by the proposed bow tie antenna array affords comprehensive anatomic coverage and enhanced spatial resolution. Our initial results suggest that high spatial resolution anatomic and functional UHF-MR can be of benefit for clinical liver and kidney imaging.

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