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Abstract #4391

31 Channel, Flexible Breast Coil for 3T Imaging

Ileana Hancu1, Eric Fiveland2, Keith Park2, Kenneth Rohling2, Seung-Kyun Lee2, Luca Marinelli2

1GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY, United States; 2GE Global Research Center, Niskayuna, NY, United States

A novel, 31 channel, flexible breast coil for 3T imaging is presented. The performance of this coil, in vitro and in vivo is demonstrated. A comparison with the GE, 8 channel coil is also performed.

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