Abstract #0698

Monoplanar Gradient System for Imaging with Nonlinear Gradients

Sebastian Littin¹, Daniel Gallichan¹, Anna Masako Welz¹, Andrew Dewdney², Feng Jia³, Chris Cocosco¹, Jrgen Hennig¹, Maxim Zaitsev¹

¹Dept. of Radiology, Medical Physics, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; ²Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany; ³Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Here we present the design and show the process of building a high performance nonlinear monoplanar PatLoc gradient system (FlatLoc). This hand build system is dedicated for imaging the heart, abdomen and pelvis and was successfully implemented in our 3T whole-body scanner and first images were acquired.