Abstract #3806

A 8 Channel TX/RX Decoupled Loop Array for Cardiac/body Imaging at 7T

Wolfgang Renz^1,2, Tomasz Lindel,²³, Matthias Dieringer^2,4, Frank Seifert,²³, Jeanette Schulz-Menger,^2,5, Thoralf Niendorf^2,4, Bernd Ittermann,²³

¹Siemens AG, Erlangen, Germany; ²Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility, Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany; ³Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Berlin, Germany; ⁴Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Charite Campus Buch, Berlin, Germany; ⁵CMR-Unit, Charite Campus Buch, Berlin, Germany

The first steps in cardiac/body imaging at 7T have been reported. One of the challenges is a suitable TX coil concept, which adresses the RF problems (B1 homogeneity, SAR) of body imaging at 300MHz. Traditional bodycoils seem not to be the right way, a coil array enabling TX SENSE and B1 shimming seems to be more promising. We describe a 8-element TX/RX loop coil array with adjustable capacitive decoupling. A prototype has been realised and tested. First imaging results in cardiac imaging are shown.