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Abstract #2631

Double Resonant 1H/31P Coil Configuration for 31P MR Spectroscopy at a Whole Body 7 T MR Tomograph

Andreas Korzowski1, Reiner Umathum1, Peter Bachert1, Florian Martin Meise1

1Dept. of Medical Physics in Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, BW, Germany

The aim of this study was to find, implement, and test the optimum double-resonant configuration for two concentric surface coils at f0 (31P) = 120.3 MHz and f0 (1H) = 297.15 MHz at an experimental 7-T whole-body MR tomograph.

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