Abstract #1584

New commercial 8Tx/16RX array for Clinical 7T Cardiac MRI: initial experience

Maxim Terekhov¹, David Lohr¹, Theresa Reiter², Ibrahim A. Elabyad¹, Michael Hock¹, and Laura M. Schreiber¹

¹Chair of Molecular and Cellular Imaging, University Hospital Würzburg, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wuerzburg, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine I, Cardiology, University Hospital Würzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

7T cardiac MRI is a novel field with the potential to increase the physical sensitivity and diagnostic value of the clinical cardiac images. Multiple elements transmit/receive phased array coils in combination with parallel transmit RF-technology allow for an improvement of the image quality at ultra-high-field (B₀≥7T) field strength. In this work, we present initial experience with a new commercial 8Tx/16Rx thorax array coil operating in a “pTX-Compatibility Mode” of the scanner for cardiac MRI at 7T.

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