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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2021

A 32-channel receive array coil for bilateral breast imaging and spectroscopy at 7T.

Romina Del Bosque, Jiaming Cui, Stephen Ogier, Sergey Cheshkov, Ivan E Dimitrov, Craig Malloy, Steven M Wright, Mary McDougall

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Romina Del BosqueDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7808-8151
Jiaming CuiDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1185-8961
Stephen OgierDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1098-1693
Sergey CheshkovAdvanced Imaging Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Ivan E DimitrovAdvanced Imaging Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Craig MalloyAdvanced Imaging Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5077-0642
Steven M WrightDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6925-5333
Mary McDougallDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.

Funding

TR&D 3: Imaging Carbohydrate MetabolismP41EB015908 · NIBIB · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI MALLOY, CRAIG R · 2012 to 2021
$10.9M
Sixteen channel carbon-13 phased array spectroscopy at 7 TeslaR21EB016394 · NIBIB · TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION · PI MCDOUGALL, MARY PRESTON · 2013 to 2014
$386k
NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB015908NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB016394
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Abstract

purposeThis work describes the construction and evaluation of a bilateral 32-channel receive array for breast imaging at 7T.

methodsThe receive array consisted of 32 receive coils, placed on two 3D-printed hemispherical formers. Each side of the receive array consisted of 16 receive loops, each loop having a corresponding detachable board with match/tune capacitors, active detuning circuitry, and a balun. Coil performance was evaluated on homogeneous canola oil phantoms using a Philips Achieva 7T system. Array coil performance was compared with a bilateral forced current excitation volume coil in transmit/receive mode and with a previously reported 16-channel unilateral coil with a similar design.

resultsThe 32-channel array had an increase in average SNR throughout both phantoms by a factor of five as compared with the volume coil, with SNR increases up to 10 times along the periphery and three times in the center. Noise measurements showed low interelement noise correlation (average: 5.4%; maximum: 16.8%). Geometry factor maps were acquired for various acceleration factors and showed mean geometry factors <1.2, for combined acceleration factors of up to six.

conclusionsThe improvements achieved demonstrate the clear potential for use in dynamic contrast-enhanced or diffusion-weighted MR studies, while maintaining diagnostically relevant spatial and temporal resolutions.

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BreastMagnetic Resonance ImagingEquipment DesignPhantoms, ImagingSignal-To-Noise RatioSpectrum Analysisbreast imaging at 7Tforced current excitationreceive array

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PMID32820540
PMCPMC7869840

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