An 8-channel Tx/Rx dipole array combined with 16 Rx loops for high-resolution functional cardiac imaging at 7 T.

Bart R SteensmaIngmar J VoogtTim LeinerPeter R LuijtenJesse HabetsDennis W J KlompCornelis A T van den BergAlexander J E Raaijmakers

Published in: Magma (New York, N.Y.) (2017)

This work demonstrates the performance of a combined loop/dipole array for cardiac imaging at 7 T. With this array, acceleration factors of 6 are possible without increasing the average g-factor in the heart beyond 1.27. Combining loops and dipoles in receive mode enhances the SNR compared to receiving with loops or dipoles only.

Keyphrases

high resolution
mass spectrometry
left ventricular
high throughput
heart failure
high speed
tandem mass spectrometry
atrial fibrillation