Taro Takahara1, Hans Hoogduin1,
Fredy Vissor1, Shinji Naganawa2, Thomas Kwee1,
Peter Luijten1
1Radiology, University Medical Center
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; 2Radiology, Nagoya Univeristy,
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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our knowledge, this is the first time the inner ear was imaged at 7T using a
3D-turbo spin echo sequence. Although not all parts of the inner ear could be
visualized well due to inhomogeneities, our results are promising and may have a positive impact for future (MR)
studies of cochlear implants. Improvement in B1 shimming and dedicated RF
pulses are expected to further improve image quality.
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