Wrist: Improved MR imaging with optimized transmit-receive coil design

Armen Kocharian; Mark C. Adkins; Kimberly K. Amrami; Kiaran P. McGee; Peggy A. Rouleau; Doris E. Wenger; Richard L. Ehman; Joel P. Felmlee

doi:10.1148/radiol.2233010824

Wrist: Improved MR imaging with optimized transmit-receive coil design

Armen Kocharian, Mark C. Adkins, Kimberly K. Amrami, Kiaran P. McGee, Peggy A. Rouleau, Doris E. Wenger, Richard L. Ehman, Joel P. Felmlee

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Abstract

The optimized wrist coil was designed and built as a transmit-receive birdcage coil for 1.5-T magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Phantom studies were conducted to compare the optimized design with custom-designed and commercially available phased-array wrist coils and showed a 50%-90% improvement in signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Blinded review of wrist images obtained in six volunteers showed that the optimized birdcage coil was preferred in 75% of the comparisons. An optimized birdcage coil designed for wrist imaging has improved both SNR and uniformity compared with those with a phased-array coil with the same geometry.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	870-876
Number of pages	7
Journal	Radiology
Volume	223
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2233010824
State	Published - Jan 1 2002

Keywords

Magnetic resonance (MR), coils
Magnetic resonance (MR), technology
Wrist, MR

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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