Saskia van Elderen1, Maarten Versluis1,
Jos Westenberg1, Harsh Agarwal2, Nadine Smith1,
Matthias Stuber3, Albert de Roos1, Andrew Webb1
1Radiology, Leiden University Medical
Center, Leiden, Netherlands; 2Johns Hopkins University; 3Department
of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of
Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Using
a quadrature RF coil with dimensions optimized for reliable navigator gating,
this study with ten volunteers shows that 7T right coronary angiograms can be
acquired with improved vessel sharpness compared to those obtained at 3T
using identical imaging parameters.
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