Abstract #1603

Flexible Body Coil for Vertical Field MRI using Loop/CRC RF Coil Array

Yosuke Otake¹, Takeshi Taniguchi¹, Hideta Habara¹, Christophor Napier², Errol Brissett², Shawn Etheridge², Masayoshi Dohata¹, and Kazuyuki Kato¹

¹Healthcare Business Unit, Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, ²Hitachi Healthcare Americas, Twinsburg, OH, United States

To improving the SNR and the usability in the vertical field MRI(Open MRI), a flexible body(spine/torso) coil has been developed. The coil consists of loop/CRC hybrid multi-channel array (LCA). The performance of the coil was evaluated in phantom experiment at 1.2T vertical field MRI. The SNR of the coil using LCA was 46% better than a conventional body coil. This technique will contribute to improve the performance of the vertical field MRI.

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