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 Yang2,3, Feng Wang2,4, Gary Drake2,4, Li Min Chen2,4, John Gore2,3,4, and Xinqiang Yan2,4
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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