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Abstract #2976

Comparison Between Single Channel Dual Loop 23Na Coil and 6-Channel Flexible Wraparound 23Na Coil for Renal Sodium Imaging

Benjamin L Prestwich1, Matthew Clemence2, and Susan T Francis1
1University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 2Philips Healthcare, Guildford, United Kingdom

Sodium (23Na) MRI has the potential to provide insight to many diseases however 23Na MRI requires nonstandard hardware. This work compares two different designs of RF coil; a single channel pair of transmit-receive (Tx/Rx) loops and a 1Tx-6Rx flexible wraparound coil. Firstly, a 3D gradient-recalled-echo (GRE) sequence was optimised for each coil, then the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and field of view (FOV) was compared in both a phantom and in-vivo in a healthy control. SNR was 7±3 and 12±4 for the loops coil and the 6-channel coil respectively.

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