Abstract #2632

Helical Microcoil System for High Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Oliver G. Gruschke¹, Nicoleta Baxan², Dominik von Elverfeldt², Jrgen Hennig², Vlad Badilita³, Jan G. Korvink¹,⁴

¹Lab. of Simulation, University of Freiburg - IMTEK, Freiburg, Germany; ²Dept. of Radiology Medical Physics, University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany; ³Lab. for Microactuators, University of Freiburg - IMTEK, Freiburg, Germany; ⁴Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies FRIAS, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

A solenoid wound wirebonded microcoil is integrated with a custom-built transmit and receive switch and low noise amplifiers. The system allows high resolution imaging in a short period of time with a high SNR.