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Abstract #1570

Scalable and Modular 8-Channel Transmit and 8-Channel Flexible Receive Coil Array for 19F-MRI of Myocardial Infarction Studies in Large Animals

Ali Caglar Özen1, Johannes Fischer1, Simon Reiss1, Thomas Lottner1, Alexander Maier2, Waldemar Schimpf3, Timo Heidt2, Constantin von zur Mühlen2, and Michael Bock1
1Dept. Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, 2Cardiology and Angiology I, Heart Center Freiburg University and Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany, 3Neurozentrum, Wissenschaftliche Werkstätten, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Synopsis

In this study, we have developed an 8-channel transmit/ 8-channel receive coil array system for cardiac and thoracic MRI in pigs. Transmit array is scalable in size to increase transmit efficiency in pigs with smaller abdomen size. Receive array is semi-flexible to fit tightly on the dome-shaped thorax of pigs. We present a detailed transmit efficiency analysis of the Tx array including tolerance to mismatches at the input ports. We also present 19F MRI results from a cadaver measurement.

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