Abstract #3732

Stretchable Coil for Small Animal MRI

Thejas Vishnu Ramesh¹, Folk W. Narongrit², and Joseph V. Rispoli^1,2,3

¹Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States, ²Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States, ³Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States

Synopsis

Keywords: Non-Array RF Coils, Antennas & Waveguides, Non-Array RF Coils, Antennas & Waveguides, Small Animal MRI

This work demonstrates a simple, easy to use, stretchable coil system for small animal MRI at 7T. Phantom images obtained using the stretchable coil were analysed for coil SNR. The SNR of the stretchable coil was compared with SNR of a standard commercial coil. Ex-vivo imaging of a mouse and rat brain was also performed. Current work involves minimizing SNR reduction due to coil stretch. Future work involves developing a 4-channel stretchable coil array for in-vivo imaging of a rat brain.

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