Abstract #4499
Experimental and Numerical Simulation of the Miniature Flexible Coil for High-SNR Pituitary MRI
Siyuan Liu1, Jiahao Lin1,2, Marvin Bergsneider3, Rock Hadley4, Giyarpuram N Prashant3, Sophie Peeters3, Kyunghyun Sung2, and Robert N Candler1,5
1Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 2Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 3Department of Neurosurgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 4Department of Radiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, 5California NanoSystems Institute, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Synopsis
We simulate and experimentally verify SNR improvement from a miniature flexible coil with the ultimate goal to identify microadenomas in the pituitary gland that are currently undetectable. Through scans of a phantom at multiple angles, we show a maximum of 12 to 20 times, and a minimum of 2 to 4 times of SNR improvements compared to the commercial head coil. We also perform high-resolution PD-TSE scans to confirm the visual improvement of our flexible coil.
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