Friedrich Wetterling1, Saema Ansar2,
Laurant Tritschler2, Raffi Kalayciyan1, Stefan Kirsch1,
Marc Fatar2, Stephen Meairs2, Lothar R. Schad1
1Computer Assisted Clinical
Medicine, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany; 2Departmenet
of Neuroloy, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
The aim of this project was to develop a triple resonant 1H/23Na/35Cl coil system for investigations on a rat stroke model without the need to exchange resonators during the measurements. The newly-developed coil system was composed of a linear 1H birdcage resonator and a double-tuned 35Cl/23Na surface coil. 1H imaging capability enabled the use of standard stroke sequences such as diffusion- and T2 weighted MRI. The coil performance was successfully tested on a 1H/35Cl/23Na-phantom. First brain images at 5 days after stroke confirmed the excellent coil performance for in vivo imaging.
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