Abstract #4183

Design of Quadrature RF Coil for Calcium Susceptibility Imaging in Small Tissue Samples

Jacob Degitz¹, Edith Valle², Steven M Wright², and Mary P McDougall¹

¹Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States, ²Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States

Synopsis

Keywords: Susceptibility, Non-Array RF Coils, Antennas & WaveguidesOne of the earliest significant events in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) pathology is an elevated influx of calcium ions into afflicted cells. To study this event and its correlation with disease progression, a custom 22mm diameter quadrature volume coil was designed and used to obtain ¹H images at 4.7T, the processing protocol was established, and comparisons were made to μCT images.

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