Abstract #2143

Interchangeable Patient-Specific Receive-Only Carotid Coils for Simultaneous Imaging with Radio Frequency Head Coils at 3 Tesla

Michael J Beck¹, Dennis L Parker¹, Bradley D Bolster, Jr.², Seong-Eun Kim¹, J Scott McNally^1,3, Gerald S Treiman^1,4,5, and J Rock Hadley¹

¹Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, ²Siemens Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, ³University of Utah Department of Radiology, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, ⁴University of Utah Department of Surgery, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, ⁵Veterans Affairs Department of Surgery (VASLCHCS), Salt Lake City, UT, United States

We developed interchangeable carotid coils that can image simultaneously with clinical head coils. Both 7 and 9 channel carotid coils were built to demonstrate the interchangeability concept. SNR results show that the 7 channel coil has ~4x the SNR and the 9 channel coil has ~3x the SNR of the commercial neck coil at the carotids. The carotid coils image simultaneously with a head coil providing greater coil sensitivity at the carotid bifurcation and extending total coverage from the carotid bifurcation to the circle of Willis.

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