Temporal lobes: surface MR coil phased-array imaging.
The authors describe a four-coil surface phased-array coil for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the temporal lobes. On the basis of measurements in a phantom, the signal-to-noise ratio of the array is 1.67 times or more better than that obtained with a standard quadrature head coil in the region of the hippocampi. The higher sensitivity of this phased array permits use of imaging pulse sequences for which the head coil is inadequate.
Hayes
C E
CE
Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
Tsuruda
J S
JS
Mathis
C M
CM
D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008961:Models, Structural; D012598:Sclerosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology