Abstract #1732

Nested Birdcage Receive Array for Simultaneous Multislice EPI

Kenneth M Bradshaw¹, Daniel Sheltraw², Greyson Tarbox³, and Ben Inglis⁴

¹ECEn Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States, ²University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, ³ECEn, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States, ⁴UC BerkeleyUniversity of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States

We present a novel RF coil design that is capable of simultaneous multi-slice (SMS) echo planar imaging (EPI) for functional MRI along the z axis at 3 T, while maintaining high in-plane (x-y) homogeneity to minimize the effects of receive field contrast on subject motion and motion correction. The coil is symmetric and is open front and rear, making it compatible with fMRI stimulus devices including transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) coils.

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