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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2025

Multi-center benchmarking of cervical spinal cord RF coils for 7 T MRI: A traveling spines study.

Eva Alonso-Ortiz, Daniel Papp, Robert L Barry, Kyota Poëti, Alan C Seifert, Kyle M Gilbert, Nibardo Lopez-Rios, Jan Paska, Falk Eippert, Nikolaus Weiskopf and 11 more

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Article in Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Eva Alonso-OrtizNeuroPoly Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6590-7234
Daniel PappNeuroPoly Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1481-1413
Robert L BarryDepartment of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6271-9414
Kyota PoëtiMarianopolis College, Montreal, Canada.
Alan C SeifertBiomedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7877-4813
Kyle M GilbertCentre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3026-5686
Nibardo Lopez-RiosNeuroPoly Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4791-8260
Jan PaskaNeuroPoly Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Falk EippertResearch Group Pain Perception, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3986-1719
Nikolaus WeiskopfDepartment of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5239-1881
Laura BeghiniDepartment of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6199-069X
Nadine N GraedelFunctional Imaging Laboratory, Department of Imaging Neuroscience, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7473-4363
Robert TrampelDepartment of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
Martina F CallaghanFunctional Imaging Laboratory, Department of Imaging Neuroscience, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0374-1659
Christoph S AignerMax Planck Research Group MR Physics, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3618-9610
Patrick FreundDepartment of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4851-2246
Maryam SeifDepartment of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9253-5680
Aurélien DestruelAix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, CRMBM, Marseille, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7189-4764
Virginie CallotAix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, CRMBM, Marseille, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0850-1742
Johanna VannesjoDepartment of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2432-4192
Julien Cohen-AdadNeuroPoly Lab, Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3662-9532

Funding

Training and Dissemination CoreP41EB030006 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BRUCE R ROSEN · 2020 to 2026
$10.9M
Project 4P41EB015896 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ROSEN, BRUCE R · 2012 to 2018
$9.8M
Spinal cord functional connectivity as a biomarker of spinal cord dysfunctionR01EB027779 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BARRY, ROBERT L · 2019 to 2022
$2.7M
System Upgrade for Siemens 7T Human MRI SystemS10OD023637 · OD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI WALD, LAWRENCE L · 2017 to 2017
$2.0M
Causal connectivity along the spinal cord using high-resolution 7T fMRIR21EB031211 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BARRY, ROBERT L · 2021 to 2021
$462k
Canada First Research Excellence FundCanada Foundation for InnovationCanada Research ChairsCentre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueCIHRCLC NIH HHSFonds de Recherche du Québec - SantéMax Planck SocietyMitacsNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaNIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB015896NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB030006NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB027779NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB031211NIH HHS S10 OD023637Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige UniversitetPolytechnique MontréalQuébec Bio-imaging Network
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe depth within the body, small diameter, long length, and varying tissue surrounding the spinal cord impose specific considerations when designing RF coils. The optimal coil configuration for 7 T cervical spinal cord MRI is unknown and currently there are very few coil options. The purpose of this work was (1) to establish a quality control protocol for evaluating 7 T cervical spinal cord coils, and (2) to use that protocol to evaluate the performance of four different coil designs.

methodsThree healthy volunteers and a custom anthropomorphic phantom (the traveling spines cohort) were scanned at seven 7 T imaging centers using a common protocol and each center's specific cervical spinal cord coil. Four different coil designs were tested (two in-house, one Rapid Biomedical, and one MRI.TOOLS design).

resultsThe Rapid Biomedical coil was found to have the highest

conclusionThe results of this study serve as a guide for the spinal cord MRI community in selecting the most suitable coil based on specific requirements and offer a standardized protocol for assessing future coils.

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Cervical CordMagnetic Resonance ImagingSpinal CordAdultBenchmarkingCervical VertebraeEquipment DesignFemaleHumansMalePhantoms, ImagingRadio WavesSignal-To-Noise Ratiog‐factorhardwareMRISNRspinal cord

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