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Improved receiver coil for upper thoracic spine imaging in a vertical magnetic field

Malmgren, Lars LU ; Ståhlberg, Freddy LU ; Holtås, Stig LU ; Larsson, Elna-Marie LU and Persson, Bertil R LU orcid (1992) In Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2(2). p.191-195
Abstract
To improve image quality in the upper thoracic spine, an anatomically shaped copper wire loop coil, made to fit over the patient's shoulders, was constructed. The coil was permanently mounted on a foam-rubber vest to facilitate attachment to the patient. Phantom and in vivo studies of the performance of the coil in healthy volunteers showed as much as a two times greater signal-to-noise ratio relative to that of standard coils for the upper thoracic spine. In a patient with lesions in the upper thoracic cord, the coil gave better image quality in the region of interest than did the standard coils. The coil has been integrated into the authors' routine imaging equipment and has been the coil of choice for imaging of the upper thoracic spine... (More)
To improve image quality in the upper thoracic spine, an anatomically shaped copper wire loop coil, made to fit over the patient's shoulders, was constructed. The coil was permanently mounted on a foam-rubber vest to facilitate attachment to the patient. Phantom and in vivo studies of the performance of the coil in healthy volunteers showed as much as a two times greater signal-to-noise ratio relative to that of standard coils for the upper thoracic spine. In a patient with lesions in the upper thoracic cord, the coil gave better image quality in the region of interest than did the standard coils. The coil has been integrated into the authors' routine imaging equipment and has been the coil of choice for imaging of the upper thoracic spine on their 0.3-T vertical field system. (Less)
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keywords
Custom-built coils, Spine, MR, 32.1214, Technology, Vertical field imaging
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Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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2
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2
pages
191 - 195
publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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  • pmid:1562770
  • scopus:0026838314
ISSN
1522-2586
DOI
10.1002/jmri.1880020212
language
English
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  author       = {{Malmgren, Lars and Ståhlberg, Freddy and Holtås, Stig and Larsson, Elna-Marie and Persson, Bertil R}},
  issn         = {{1522-2586}},
  keywords     = {{Custom-built coils; Spine; MR; 32.1214; Technology; Vertical field imaging}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{191--195}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging}},
  title        = {{Improved receiver coil for upper thoracic spine imaging in a vertical magnetic field}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmri.1880020212}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/jmri.1880020212}},
  volume       = {{2}},
  year         = {{1992}},
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