title: Brachial plexus: MR imaging with a dedicated phased array of surface coils.
abstract: A phased array of surface coils was constructed for magnetic resonance imaging in three different regions in the brachial plexus. Four-coil subsets of the six-coil array were activated at any given time during imaging in three volunteers. An in vivo estimate of the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) at three locations in the brachial plexus indicated that the phased-array coil provided a signal-to-noise ratio that was three to six times higher than that of the body coil.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-6004, USA.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Tsuruda
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Mathis
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Maravilla
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kliot
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Filler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged