Abstract #0191
ModFlex – a modular system of flexible receive-only coil arrays for 3 T MRI
Lena Nohava1,2, Michael Obermann1, Roberta Frass-Kriegl1, Sigrun Roat1, Onisim Soanca1, Nicolas Weber2, Jean-Christophe Ginefri3, Jacques Felblinger2,4, and Elmar Laistler1
1High Field MR Center, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 2IADI, Inserm, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France, 3Laboratoire d’Imagerie Biomédicale Multimodale Paris Saclay (BioMaps), CEA, CNRS, Inserm, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France, 4CHRU-Nancy, Inserm, Université de Lorraine, CIC, Innovation Technologique, Nancy, France
Synopsis
Flexible form-fitting radiofrequency coils provide high signal-to-noise ratio during MRI, and in array configuration large anatomical areas of interest can be covered. We propose a modular system - “ModFlex”- of flexible lightweight 4-channel coaxial coil arrays for 3T MRI. We investigated the performance difference between commercial reference coils and 8- and 16-channel ModFlex receive-only array systems. The versatility of ModFlex, the robustness of the coil characteristics for different use cases and a signal-to-noise gain compared to reference coils is demonstrated.
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