Local Multi-Channel RF Surface Coil versus Body RF Coil Transmission for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance at 3 Tesla: Which Configuration Is Winning the Game?

INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility and efficiency of cardiac MR at 3 Tesla using local four-channel RF coil transmission and benchmark it against large volume body RF coil excitation. METHODS:Electromagnetic field simulations are conducted to detail RF power de...

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Main Authors: Oliver Weinberger, Lukas Winter, Matthias A Dieringer, Antje Els, Celal Oezerdem, Jan Rieger, Andre Kuehne, Antonino M Cassara, Harald Pfeiffer, Friedrich Wetterling, Thoralf Niendorf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5012568?pdf=render