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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2025

A size-adaptive RF coil for MRI of the pediatric human brain at 7 T.

Pedram Yazdanbakhsh, Marcus J Couch, Christian Sprang, Kyle M Gilbert, Sajjad Feizollah, Christine L Tardif, David A Rudko

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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 2 papers.

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Pedram YazdanbakhshMcConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4456-5997
Marcus J CouchMcConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2732-8941
Christian SprangMcConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Kyle M GilbertCentre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3026-5686
Sajjad FeizollahMcConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4340-1651
Christine L TardifMcConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8356-6808
David A RudkoMcConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1299-954X

Funding

Azrieli FoundationBrain Canada FoundationCanadian Foundation for InnovationFonds de Recherche du Québec - Nature et Technologies (FRQNT)Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé FRQS-CB-350681McGill Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives InitiativeNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada NSERC-RGPIN-2018-05047
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe purpose of this work was to design and build a size-adaptive pediatric RF head coil for 7 T neuroimaging. The coil can be safely applied for imaging children 4-9 years old.

methodsThe pediatric head coil incorporates eight, transmit dipole elements for operation in parallel transmit (pTx) mode. The receive architecture is comprised of a 32-channel conformal, size-adaptive receive array. Receive elements were arranged into five sections of a mechanically adjustable 3D printed head former, allowing adjustment of the receive array according to child head size. The transmit coil was carefully simulated to calculate specific absorption rate (SAR) and B

resultsA comparison of simulated and experimental B

conclusionsThe proposed size-adaptive coil enables safe, high-quality imaging of children at 7 T, with a range of ages and head sizes. Accurate SAR modeling enabled imaging using both combined circularly polarized and dynamic pTx modes.

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BrainMagnetic Resonance ImagingNeuroimagingChildChild, PreschoolEquipment DesignFemaleHeadHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMalePhantoms, ImagingRadio WavesSignal-To-Noise Ratio7 Tparallel Transmit (pTx)pediatricradiofrequency coilsultra high fieldvirtual observation points

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PMID40762175
PMCPMC12501722

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