TEMPORAL LOBES - SURFACE MR COIL PHASED-ARRAY IMAGING

Authors
HAYES CE TSURUDA JS MATHIS CM
Citation
Ce. Hayes et al., TEMPORAL LOBES - SURFACE MR COIL PHASED-ARRAY IMAGING, Radiology, 189(3), 1993, pp. 918-920
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00338419
Volume
189
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
918 - 920
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-8419(1993)189:3<918:TL-SMC>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The authors describe a four-coil surface phased-array coil for magneti c resonance (MR) imaging of the temporal lobes. On the basis of measur ements in a phantom, the signal-to-noise ratio of the array is 1.67 ti mes or more better than that obtained with a standard quadrature head coil in the region of the hippocampi. The higher sensitivity of this p hased array permits use of imaging pulse sequences for which the head coil is inadequate.