High-resolution imaging of the excised porcine heart at a whole-body 7 T MRI system using an 8Tx/16Rx pTx coil

M Terekhov, IA Elabyad, D Lohr, U Hofmann… - … Resonance Materials in …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction MRI of excised hearts at ultra-high field strengths (B 0≥ 7 T) can provide high-
resolution, high-fidelity ground truth data for biomedical studies, imaging science, and …

7T human in vivo cardiac imaging with an 8-channel transmit/receive array

S Maderwald, S Orzada, LC Schäfer… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - archive.ismrm.org
High-field MRI at 7 Tesla inherently offers high signal-to-noise (SNR) and enhanced soft
tissue contrasts when compared to 1.5 T or even 3 T MRI, which might improve image …

Simple RF design for human functional and morphological cardiac imaging at 7 tesla

MJ Versluis, N Tsekos, NB Smith, AG Webb - Journal of Magnetic …, 2009 - Elsevier
Morphological and functional cardiac MRI can potentially benefit greatly from the recent
advent of commercial high-field (7tesla and above) MRI systems. However, conventional …

[HTML][HTML] Design, evaluation and application of a modular 32 channel transmit/receive surface coil array for cardiac MRI at 7T

A Graessl, W Renz, F Hezel, H Pfeiffer… - Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Background Cardiac MR (CMR) at ultrahigh fields (≥ 7.0 T) is challenged by B1+
inhomogeneities and signal voids which bear the potential to spoil the signal-to-noise (SNR) …

New commercial 8Tx/16RX array for Clinical 7T Cardiac MRI: initial experience

M Terekhov, D Lohr, T Reiter, IA Elabyad… - ISMRM & SMRT …, 2021 - archive.ismrm.org
7T cardiac MRI is a novel field with the potential to increase the physical sensitivity and
diagnostic value of the clinical cardiac images. Multiple elements transmit/receive phased …

A novel mono-surface antisymmetric 8Tx/16Rx coil array for parallel transmit cardiac MRI in pigs at 7T

IA Elabyad, M Terekhov, D Lohr, MR Stefanescu… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
A novel mono-surface antisymmetric 16-element transmit/receive (Tx/Rx) coil array was
designed, simulated, constructed, and tested for cardiac magnetic resonance imaging …

A novel antisymmetric 16‐element transceiver dipole antenna array for parallel transmit cardiac MRI in pigs at 7 T

IA Elabyad, M Terekhov, D Lohr, M Bille… - NMR in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
To improve parallel transmit (pTx) and receive performance for cardiac MRI (cMRI) in pigs at
7 T, a dedicated transmit/receive (Tx/Rx), 16‐element antisymmetric dipole antenna array …

Cardiac imaging at 7 tesla: single‐and two‐spoke radiofrequency pulse design with 16‐channel parallel excitation

S Schmitter, L DelaBarre, X Wu… - Magnetic resonance …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Higher signal to noise ratio (SNR) and improved contrast have been demonstrated
at ultra‐high magnetic fields (≥ 7 Tesla [T]) in multiple targets, often with multi‐channel …

In-vivo (8x4) 32-ch Tx-only Body Array for UHF MR

S Raval, T Santini, S Wood… - In Proc. of the 25th …, 2017 - archive.ismrm.org
The Clinical and Research potential of MRI especially for Whole Body imaging is limitless.
Body MR exams are growing part of total clinical MRI exams today. It however faces …

16‐channel bow tie antenna transceiver array for cardiac MR at 7.0 tesla

C Oezerdem, L Winter, A Graessl, K Paul… - Magnetic resonance …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To design, evaluate, and apply a bow tie antenna transceiver radiofrequency (RF)
coil array tailored for cardiac MRI at 7.0 Tesla (T). Methods The radiofrequency (RF) coil …