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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2026

Design of an 8-Channel Transmit 32-Channel Receive 11.7T Head Coil and Evaluation of SNR Gains.

Son Chu, Jeslin Parackal Issac, Caroline Le Ster, Alexis Amadon, Vincent Gras, Paul-François Gapais, Rüdiger Stirnberg, Nicolas Boulant, Shajan Gunamony

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9 authors.

Son ChuImaging Centre of Excellence, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4170-777X
Jeslin Parackal IssacImaging Centre of Excellence, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Caroline Le SterUniversity of Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, BAOBAB, NeuroSpin, Gif sur Yvette, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-8738
Alexis AmadonUniversity of Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, BAOBAB, NeuroSpin, Gif sur Yvette, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2667-9387
Vincent GrasUniversity of Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, BAOBAB, NeuroSpin, Gif sur Yvette, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4997-2738
Paul-François GapaisUniversity of Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, BAOBAB, NeuroSpin, Gif sur Yvette, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6592-5034
Rüdiger StirnbergMR Physics, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7021-1063
Nicolas BoulantUniversity of Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, BAOBAB, NeuroSpin, Gif sur Yvette, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2144-2484
Shajan GunamonyImaging Centre of Excellence, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3146-6079

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-21-ESRE-0006European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme 885876
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo design and develop an 8-channel transmit 32-channel receive 11.7T head coil for the strongest human MRI scanner to date, demonstrate safety, and evaluate signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) gains compared to 7T, the most used ultra-high-field (UHF) platform.

methodsThe transmit array design incorporated a folded-end radiofrequency (RF) shield to mitigate wave propagation in the scanner bore. The receive array consisted of 32-overlapped loops constructed on a helmet size-matched with the industry standard 7T head coil. The transmit array was characterized using B

resultsLoss due to wave propagation was 4.5% of the input power for the chosen RF shield. The mean magnitude of the complex correlations between the simulated and measured single channel B

conclusionWe report substantial SNR gains over the whole volume at 11.7T using a fully overlapped 32-channel loop array. The central SNR gain of B

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Magnetic Resonance ImagingTransducersEquipment DesignEquipment Failure AnalysisHumansImage EnhancementPhantoms, ImagingReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificitySignal-To-Noise Ratio11.7Tparallel transmitreceive arraytransmit arrayUHFuiSNR

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PMCPMC13419043

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