Abstract #0431

Design and implementation of a combined sodium-loop proton-dipole transceiver array for body imaging at 10.5 Tesla

M. Arcan Erturk^1,2, Russell L. Lagore¹, Edward J. Auerbach¹, Naoharu Kobayashi¹, Gregor Adriany¹, Kamil Ugurbil¹, and Gregory J. Metzger¹

¹Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States, ²Restorative Therapies Group, Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, United States

A multinuclear combined sodium-proton transceiver array consisting of 8 proton-dipoles and 8 sodium-loops for imaging the body at 10.5T was designed and implemented. Performance of the array was compared against 3 other designs using numerical simulations with the goal of achieving multinuclear imaging capabilities while minimizing the losses typically associated with such dual-tuned coils. The first 10.5T sodium images were obtained inside a saline-filled torso-size phantom with the implemented coil.

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