Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Imaging of Mice Kidney Metabolism Using High-Temperature Superconducting RF Coil on a 3T MRI System
Journal
The Joint Meeting of he 6th International Symposium on Noninvasive Functional Source Imaging of the Brain and Heart & the Intern
Pages
255-257
Date Issued
2007-10
Author(s)
Abstract
Dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) MRI is a potential technique to monitor the temporal evolution of signal change for the specific tissue microcirculation or tumor angiogenesis. In this study, we implemented high-temperature superconducting (HTS) RF coil system on DCE application of in-vivo mice kidney metabolism. Compared to a conventional copper coil, the improvement of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of approximately 2.7 folds and average signal change (AS) of 4 folds was shown in the preliminary results. The capability of HTS coil on DCE MRI was demonstrated and further investigation of tumor cancer model is expected. ? 2007 IEEE.
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Other Subjects
Acoustic intensity; Biochemistry; Copper; Electric batteries; Electric conductivity; Metabolism; Microcirculation; Signal to noise ratio; Superconducting devices; Superconductivity; Tumors; Biomedical Imaging; Cancer models; Dynamic contrast; Dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging; High-temperature superconducting; HTS coils; In-vivo; International conferences; International symposium; RF coils; Signal changes; Source imaging; Temporal evolutions; Tumor angiogenesis; High temperature superconductors
Type
conference paper