Abstract #2988

Implementation of a Four-Channel Phased-Array Coil for PatLoc Imaging

Elmar Fischer¹, Andreas Peter², Laura Del Tin², Jrgen Hennig¹, Jan Korvink², Maxim Zaitsev¹

¹Dept. of Diagnostic Radiology, Medical Physics, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; ²Dept. of Microsystems Engineering IMTEK, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

This work is on the implementation of an in-house-constructed four-channel phased-array coil for PatLoc imaging (=parallel imaging technique using localized gradients), developed to study the non-linear geometry of these gradient fields. Tests of the coil setup using phantoms show that coil performance and also coil decoupling on the cylindrical receive-array coil are sufficient for the goal of imaging with PatLoc gradients.