Abstract #1398
Improvement and Evaluation in PET Performance of 16-Channel Receive Anterior Array Coils for 3T Simultaneous PET/MR Scanner
Yun-Jeong Stickle 1 , Jianhua Yu 2 , Tae-Young Yang 1 , Sahil Bhatia 1 , and Dmitriy V Londarskiy 1
1
GE Healthcare, Aurora, OH, United States,
2
GE
Healthcare, Waukesha, WI, United States
The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate
the novel coil designs with new materials adopted to
reduce the coil impact on PET image quality. We
developed a new plastic-free 3T 16-channel flexible
anterior array (AA) RF coil with V0 flammability rating
and biocompatibility (PET/MR prototype AA2) for torso
and cardiac imaging and validated the PET performances
for a GE conventional AA coil and two improved PET/MR
prototype coils. The results show a 48% and a 79%
average sensitivity loss improvement on PET/MR prototype
AA1 coil and PET/MR prototype AA2 coil, respectively,
from GE conventional AA coil.
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