High impedance coils (HICs) offer major advantages for use during MRI-guided radiotherapy (MRIgRT), as they lack lumped elements that can attenuate radiation. Furthermore, their flexibility and low channel coupling simplify high-density array development and enable on-body placement.
Here, we present a fully functional 32-channel HIC array, confirmed its radiation transparency (radiolucency) and compared the imaging performance with the current clinical (LIC-based) array.
Dosimetrically, no clinically significant attenuation was caused by the array. Imaging-wise, the prototype showed higher SNR values and lower g-factors, thus allowing for faster imaging.
In conclusion, our 32-channel array can accelerate all imaging for MRIgRT applications.
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