Dynamic contrast enhanced imaging of mice kidney metabolism using high-temperature superconducting RF coil on a 3T MRI system

Kai Yuan Chen*, Li Wei Kuo, Wei Ting Lin, Chia Hao Su, Jyh Horng Chen

*Corresponding author for this work

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProc. of 2007 Joint Meet. of the 6th Int. Symp. on Noninvasive Functional Source Imaging of the Brain and Heart and the Int. Conf. on Functional Biomedical Imaging, NFSI and ICFBI 2007
Pages255-257
Number of pages3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event2007 Joint Meeting of the 6th International Symposium on Noninvasive Functional Source Imaging of the Brain and Heart and the International Conference on Functional Biomedical Imaging, NFSI and ICFBI 2007 - Hangzhou, China
Duration: 12 10 200714 10 2007

Publication series

NameProc. of 2007 Joint Meet. of the 6th Int. Symp. on Noninvasive Functional Source Imaging of the Brain and Heart and the Int. Conf. on Functional Biomedical Imaging, NFSI and ICFBI 2007

Conference

Conference2007 Joint Meeting of the 6th International Symposium on Noninvasive Functional Source Imaging of the Brain and Heart and the International Conference on Functional Biomedical Imaging, NFSI and ICFBI 2007
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHangzhou
Period12/10/0714/10/07

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