Abstract #3233

A novel three-channel endorectal coil for prostate magnetic resonance imaging at 3T

Zhiguang Mo¹, Xiaoliang Zhang², Changjun Tie¹, Huageng Liang³, Xiaoping Zhang³, Wen Xiao³, Qi Cao³, and Ye Li¹

¹Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China, Shenzhen, China, ²Department of Biomedical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, United States., Buffalo, NY, United Stats, Buffalo, NY, United States, ³Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Synopsis

We designed and fabricated a novel three-channel endorectal prostate coil and validated its feasibility of high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 3T. A commercial 3T surface coil was used for comparison. Both phantom imaging and in-vivo prostate imaging show that the 3-channel endorectal coil provides an improved SNR than the external surface coil. Prostate images at resolution of 0.47 mm × 0.47 mm × 4.0 mm are acquired using the 3-channel endorectal coil to demonstrate the performance. With the improved SNR and multichannel design, the proposed endorectal coil could enable parallel imaging based fast imaging in prostate imaging studies.

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