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Abstract #3231

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

Nan Li1,2, Feng Du1,2, Xiaoliang Zhang3, Xin Liu1,2, Hairong Zheng1,2, and Ye Li1,2
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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