Flexible Array Coil for Cervical and Extraspinal (FACE) for MR Neurography of the Occipital Nerves at 3 Tesla.

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol

From the Department of Radiology and Imaging, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA (Y.L., E.T.T., S.T., D.B.S.), Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan (Y.L.), Tesla Dynamic Coils, Zaltbommel, The Netherlands (M.L.) and Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA (L.G.).

Published: November 2024

This technical report describes use of a novel, conformable receive-only radiofrequency coil for 3T magnetic resonance (MR) neurography in a cohort of patients with occipital neuralgia. Applying a sub-millimeter, isotropic three-dimensional double-echo steady-state sequence, detailed visualization of the occipital nerves and associated pathologies could be achieved.ABBREVIATIONS: ABC= definition; XYZ= definition. FACE= Flexible Array coil for Cervical and Extraspinal; DESS= double-echo steady-state; C1, C2, C3= First, second, and third cervical vertebrae respectively.

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