Abstract #3231

Triple-nuclear RF coil system for Simultaneous acquisition of 1H / 19F / 23Na MR imaging at 3T

Nan Li^1,2, Feng Du^1,2, Xiaoliang Zhang³, Xin Liu^1,2, Hairong Zheng^1,2, and Ye Li^1,2

¹Lauterbur Imaging Research Center, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China, ²Key Laboratory for Magnetic Resonance and Multimodality Imaging of Guangdong Province, Shenzhen, China, ³Department of Biomedical Engineering, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, United States

Synopsis

The lower natural abundance and gyromagnetic ratios of non-hydrogen nuclei require the use of a highly efficient RF coil to optimize the quality of the image. In this study, a novel triple-nuclear RF coil system capable of 1H / 19F / 23Na imaging was designed. The coil consists of a triple-tuned four-ring birdcage transmit coil and the tight fit local X-nuclei single-loop receive coils. A range of bench tests were performed by using the developed triple-nuclear coil. The performance evaluations showed that the coil system was appropriately tuned, matched and decoupled at 1H/19F/23NA frequencies when working simultaneously.

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