Shao Che1, Junjun Qin1, Shihong Han1, and Ye Li2
1United Imaging Healthcare, Shanghai, China, 2Lauterbur Imaging Research Center, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, China
Musculoskeletal imaging is one widely used MR
application with advantages in exquisite details of anatomic structure, rich
contrast options for various soft tissues and high diagnostic accuracy [1]. The
SNR gain of high field MRI can further help extending such applications as
magnetic resonance knee imaging. A 2-channel birdcage transmit and
24-channel loop array receive coil is designed and evaluated on the novel whole
body 5T MRI scanner (United Imaging Healthcare, Shanghai, China, abbreviated as
UIH below). The imaging performance is compared with a 3T scanner and the
results are discussed.
