Jonathan M. Lommen1, Frank Resmer2, Nicolas G.R. Behl1, Michael Sauer2, Nadia Benkhedah1, Andreas K. Bitz1, Reiner Umathum1, Mark E. Ladd1, Titus Lanz2, and Armin M. Nagel1,3
1Medical Physics in Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, 2Rapid Biomed, Rimpar, Germany, 3Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Ulm, Ulm, Germany
A 30 channel Rx array for 23Na MRI at 7 Tesla is compared with a reference Tx/Rx birdcage. Strong SNR improvement by the array technology is acknowledged and good B1 homogeneity could be found. Images were reconstructed using der adaptice combine algorithm which provides a near perfect channel combination.
