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Abstract #3144

A 32 Channel Bi-lateral Breast Array for High Resolution Accelerated MR Imaging

R. O. Giaquinto 1,2 , R. G. Pratt 1 , W. M. Loew 1 , H. Friel 3 , L. Bickford 3 , C. Ireland 1 , B. Daniels 1 , B. Williams 1 , L. Haas 1 , J. M. Lanier 1 , K. M. Cecil 1,2 , M. Mahoney 2 , E. A. Morris 4 , and C. L. Dumoulin 1,2

1 Imaging Research Center, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 2 UC College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 3 Philips Healthcare, Best, Netherlands, 4 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States

We have designed and fabricated a new 32 channel ultra-high resolution 3T breast imaging coil array which enables spatial resolution approaching that of X-ray. The new coil permits acceleration factors of 16 or more and full bi-lateral coverage of the breasts with an isotropic resolution down to 0.3 mm. In this study, benchmark comparisons were made with a commercially available 7 channel breast array. The 32-channel coil provided increased speed and resolution for DWI, T1-weighted and T2-weighted images in phantoms and human volunteers.

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