Abstract #1898

Developement of Multi-Tranceiver Dual-Tuned Knee Coil at 3T

Junghwan Kim¹, Chanhong Moon¹, Bumwoo Park¹, Alessandro Furlan¹, Anthony Defranco², Tiejun Zhao³, Kyongtae Ty Bae¹

¹Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; ²MR research center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; ³MR Research Support, Siemens Healthcare, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

We have developed a multi-transceiver dual-tuned knee coil at 3T which provides high SNR and imaging depth for sodium and co-register of both proton and sodium imaging in a single session. The coil allowed us to acquire in vivo knee cartilage with high SNR in a clinically acceptable time (~30 minutes total session). Further studies on B1-phase shimming are essential to produce a homogenous B1 field and to test the accuracy and reliability of sodium concentration measurement in knee cartilage.