Abstract #3954

Cardiac MRI in Mice @ 11.7T: Comparison of a 4-Element Array Coil and a 2-Element Cryo Coil

Volker Rasche¹,², Bornstedt Axel¹, Ina Vernikouskaya¹,²

¹Experimental Cardiovascular Imaging, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany; ²Small Animal MRI, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

High-resolution imaging of the mouse heart is still limited by the SNR. In this contribution, a cryogenic 2-element coil is evaluated for possible SNR improvements in the mouse heart. It is shown that in direct comparison to measurements with a four-element cardiac array coil an SNR gain between 2.65 and 2.95 can be realized in the mouse heart.