Abstract #1431
En route to clinical ultrahigh field musculoskeletal MR using multi-purpose transceiver RF modules for spine und shoulder imaging at 7.0 T.
Andreas Graessl 1 , Soenke Langner 2 , Marko Hoehne 3 , Matthias A Dieringer 1 , and Thoralf Niendorf 1,4
1
Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.),
Max Delbrck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC),
Berlin, Berlin, Germany,
2
University
of Greifswald, Institute for Diagnostic Radiology and
Neuroradiology, Greifswald, Germany,
3
Helios
Kliniken, Berlin-Buch, Germany,
4
Experimental
and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), Charit Campus Buch,
Humboldt-University, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Given the limited availability of RF coils for MSK-MR
and recognizing the versatile range of musculoskeletal
MR applications this work pursues modular RF transceiver
configurations which suite the geometrical needs of a
broad spectrum of musculoskeletal anatomy. The
applicability of the modular configurations tailored for
spine and shoulder imaging is demonstrated in healthy
subjects. The multi-purpose configurations afforded the
acquisition of sub-millimeter spatial resolution images
of the shoulder. The sensitivity of the modular spine
TX/RX configuration facilitated a spatial resolution as
low as (0.13x0.13x1) mm for 3D GRE. This resolution
helped to depict small structures such as the facet
joints.
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