TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gräßl, Andreas
A1  - Renz, Wolfgang
A1  - Hezel, Fabian
A1  - Dieringer, Matthias A.
A1  - Winter, Lukas
A1  - Özerdem, Celal
A1  - Rieger, Jan
A1  - Kellmann, Peter
A1  - Santoro, Davide
A1  - Lindel, Tomasz D.
A1  - Frauenrath, Tobias
A1  - Pfeiffer, Harald
A1  - Niendorf, Thoralf
T1  - Modular 32-channel transceiver coil array for cardiac MRI at 7.0T
T2  - Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
N2  - Purpose
To design and evaluate a modular transceiver coil array with 32 independent channels for cardiac MRI at 7.0T.

Methods
The modular coil array comprises eight independent building blocks, each containing four transceiver loop elements. Numerical simulations were used for B1+ field homogenization and radiofrequency (RF) safety validation. RF characteristics were examined in a phantom study. The array's suitability for accelerated high spatial resolution two-dimensional (2D) FLASH CINE imaging of the heart was examined in a volunteer study.

Results
Transmission field adjustments and RF characteristics were found to be suitable for the volunteer study. The signal-to-noise intrinsic to 7.0T together with the coil performance afforded a spatial resolution of 1.1 × 1.1 × 2.5 mm3 for 2D CINE FLASH MRI, which is by a factor of 6 superior to standardized CINE protocols used in clinical practice at 1.5T. The 32-channel transceiver array supports one-dimensional acceleration factors of up to R = 4 without impairing image quality significantly.

Conclusion
The modular 32-channel transceiver cardiac array supports accelerated and high spatial resolution cardiac MRI. The array is compatible with multichannel transmission and provides a technological basis for future clinical assessment of parallel transmission techniques at 7.0T.
Y1  - 2024
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.fh-aachen.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11304
SN  - 1522-2594
VL  - 72
IS  - 1
SP  - 276
EP  - 290
PB  - Wiley-Liss
CY  - New York
ER  -