Abstract #4645

Design and construction of a volume Tx coil and conformal Rx array for simultaneous squirrel monkey brain and spinal cord imaging at 9.4 T

Ming Lu¹, Zhangyan Yang^2,3, Feng Wang^2,4, Gary Drake^2,4, Li Min Chen^2,4, John Gore^2,3,4, and Xinqiang Yan^2,4

¹College of nuclear equipment and nuclear engineering, Yantai University, Yantai, China, ²Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States, ³Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States, ⁴Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States

Synopsis

Simultaneous imaging of brain and spinal cord regions potentially provides valuable information about how they work together and interact. However, to date, almost all studies have investigated these two highly interconnected systems separately, mainly because of a lack of adequate imaging coils. We designed a volume Tx and conformal receive array dedicated to simultaneous imaging of squirrel monkey brain and spinal cord at 9.4 T. The coil exhibits excellent SNR in both brain and spinal cord areas and can be used for studies investigating how the brain and spinal cord work together.

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