Abstract #1454

Combined volume T/R and surface Rx-only coils for simultaneous brain and spinal cord imaging of squirrel monkey at 9.4 T

Xinqiang Yan^1,2, Feng Wang^1,2, Ken Wilkens^1,2, Daniel Colvin^1,2, Li Min Chen^1,2, and John C. Gore^1,2

¹Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States, ²Radiology and Radiological Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States

Simultaneous imaging of spinal cord and brain potentially provides valuable information about how they work together and visualizes their interactions. However, to date, almost all image studies have investigated these two highly interconnected systems in separations, due mainly to the lack of an adequate imaging hardware. In this work, we designed and fabricated a volume T/R and surface Rx-only coil which can significantly increase the SNR around the spinal cord while simultaneously acquiring whole brain images. It needs only two receive channels and operates in a highly restricted volume, making it suitable for the small animal scanner.

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