Abstract #2965

A Practical Multi-Tuned Birdcage Resonator for MRI/MRS at 7T

Chunsheng Wang¹, Bing Wu¹, Dan Vigneron¹, Xiaoliang Zhang^1,2

¹Dept. of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; ²2UCSF/UC Berkeley Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering, San Francisco & Berkeley, CA, USA

A multiple-tuned Birdcage coil was built and tested at 7T. Well-defined resonant mode for ¹³C, ²³Na MRS and ¹H MRI were easily identified at bench test. Relatively homogeneous intrinsic B1 field and high SNR at MRI and MRS experiment were also demonstrated.