HD 8 CH Body Array Coil Setup for SNR Test

Prerequisites

1 Legacy Phantom Setup

Procedure

  1. Position the coil in the cradle, connect the cable as shown in Figure 1

    Figure 1. Connecting the Coil

  2. Place a phantom between Posterior and Anterior parts of the coil as shown in Figure 2 .

    Figure 2. Positioning Phantom

  3. Secure the coil over the phantom by strips as it shown in Figure 3

    Figure 3. Securing Coil over Phantom

  4. Landmark on the coil center line as shown in Figure 4

    Figure 4. Landmarking Coil

  5. Perform the Multi-Coil Quality Assurance Tool

2 Unified Phantom Setup

Procedure

  1. Place the posterior section of the coil on the table. Place the TL unified phantoms over the posterior section as in Figure 5.

    Figure 5. Place the TL unified phantoms

  2. Place the TL unified phantoms such that the TL unified phantoms are well centered on S/I direction as shown in Figure 6.

    Figure 6. Alignment in S/I

  3. Place the TL unified phantoms such that the TL unified phantoms are well centered on R/L direction as shown in arrows in Figure 7.

    Figure 7. Alignment in R/L

  4. Place the anterior section on the TL unified phantoms such that the coil is well centered in both S/I and R/L directions with respect to the phantom set as shown in the Figure 8 and Figure 9.

    Figure 8. Place the anterior section 1

    Figure 9. Place the anterior section 2

  5. Fasten the Velcro straps so that the coil firmly snugs the phantoms.
  6. Connect the coil to respective port of the system LPCA.
  7. Landmark the coil at the center cross mark as shown in Figure 10 and advance to scan.

    Figure 10. Landmark

  8. Perform the Multi-Coil Quality Assurance Tool.

3 Finalization

Finalization

No finalization steps.