Abstract #3169

Wireless array for SNR enhancement in small animal MRI at 5T

Wenhao Liao^1,2,3, Enhua Xiao^1,2,3, Ganghan Yang^1,2,3, Peiyu He^1,2, Wei Cao^1,2,3, Feng Du^1,2, Nan Li^1,2, Luo Chao^1,2, Xiaoliang Zhang⁴, Qiaoyan Chen^1,2, and Ye Li^1,2

¹Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Shenzhen, China, ²Key Laboratory for Magnetic Resonance and Multimodality Imaging of Guangdong Province, Shenzhen, China, ³Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China, ⁴Department of Biomedical Engineering, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, United States

Synopsis

Keywords: Small Animals, Small animals, 5T

Motivation: Clinical MRI scanners lack sufficient SNR for high-resolution small animal imaging, limiting research on diseases.

Goal(s): Design a compact, wireless array to improve SNR and enable high-resolution imaging in small animal MRI at 5T.

Approach: In this study, we made a wireless array and compared its imaging performance with the rat coil.

Results: The wireless coil achieved high-resolution imaging of up to 0.2 mm × 0.2 mm × 0.5 mm in the 5T system.

Impact: The experiment demonstrated the potential of wireless RF coils for high-resolution imaging in small animal MRI.

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