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Abstract #1700

A 22-Channel RF coil array for fetus MR imaging at 3T

Chao Luo1,2, Guoxi Xie3, Jo Lee1,2, Xing Yang4, Xiaoliang Zhang5,6, Xin Liu1,2, and Ye Li1,2

1Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China, 2Shenzhen Key Laboratory for MRI, Shenzhen, China, 3School of Basic Science, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China, 4High-Field Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China, 5Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States, 6UCSF/UC Berkeley Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering, San Francisco, CA, United States

Due to lack of dedicated fetal imaging RF coils, the system body coil is often used to acquire fetal images. This setup is not optimized and offers limited sensitivity and image quality. In this work, we designed and manufactured a 22-channel flexible coil array for fetal examinations. Compared with Siemens 6-channel body coil, the proposed fetal coil array achieves significant improvements in imaging coverage, image SNR and parallel acceleration capability.

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