Brachial plexus: MR imaging with a dedicated phased array of surface coils

Cecil E. Hayes; Jay S. Tsuruda; C. Mark Mathis; Kenneth R. Maravilla; Michel Kliot; Aaron G. Filler

doi:10.1148/radiology.203.1.9122409

Brachial plexus: MR imaging with a dedicated phased array of surface coils

Cecil E. Hayes^*, Jay S. Tsuruda, C. Mark Mathis, Kenneth R. Maravilla, Michel Kliot, Aaron G. Filler

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Abstract

A phased array of surface coils was constructed for magnetic resonance imaging in three different regions in the brachial plexus. Four-coil subsets of the six-coil array were activated at any given time during imaging in three volunteers. An in vivo estimate of the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) at three locations in the brachial plexus indicated that the phased-array coil provided a signal-to-noise ratio that was three to six times higher than that of the body coil.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	286-289
Number of pages	4
Journal	Radiology
Volume	203
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.203.1.9122409
State	Published - Apr 1997
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Brachial plexus, MR
Magnetic resonance (MR), coil arrays
Magnetic resonance (MR), multicoil imaging
Magnetic resonance (MR), surface coils

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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