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Abstract #4010

A 3T Sodium and Proton Breast Array

Joshua D. Kaggie1, 2, J. Rock Hadley1, James Badal3, John R. Campbell3, Daniel J. Park3, Dennis L. Parker1, Glen Morrell1, Rexford D. Newbould4, Alexandra F. Wood3, Neal K. Bangerter, 13

1Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States; 2Physics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States; 3Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States; 4Imanova Centre for Imaging Sciences, London, United Kingdom

This work presents a novel dual resonant breast coil design for combined sodium and proton breast MRI with increased SNR. The coil consists of a 7-channel sodium receive phased array, a large sodium transmit coil, and a 4-channel hydrogen transceive array. A coil layout with intersecting sodium and proton elements to decrease sodium shielding effects is also demonstrated. The new phased array coil demonstrates a 2-5x improvement in SNR for sodium imaging when compared to a simple single-loop dual resonant design. Improved sodium SNR will potentially enable better assessment of small breast lesions and more accurate measures of tissue.

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