Design and evaluation of a 2-Tx 24-Rx coil for 5T knee MR imaging
Shao Che1, Junjun Qin1, Shihong Han1, and Ye Li2
1United Imaging Healthcare, Shanghai, China, 2Lauterbur Imaging Research Center, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, China
A local transmit and receive knee coil is developed on the whole body 5T MRI scanner developed by United Imaging Healthcare. The phantom and human test yield promising image quality for knee imaging applications.
Figure 1 Coil outer
dimensions. (a)Side view: Legacy 12-Rx Knee Coil on UIH 3T system; (b, c) Side
and front view: New 2-Tx 24-RX Knee Coil developed on UIH 5T system.
Figure 5 Clinical scan for human knee.