Under normal circumstances, images from only the affected leg are acquired using a surface coil, but the appropriate coil should be selected to obtain the desired field of view.
The MRI images were acquired in a 1.5-T Sonata MR scanner (Siemens, Erlangen, Germany) using a surface coil.
This constraint was imposed because we used a surface coil, and therefore an inherently nonuniform RF field, to acquire the data.
One approach to obtain whole-body images using a surface coil is the use of a so-called whole-body surface coil design.
MR sialography examinations were conducted with single-shot fast spin-echo sequence by using a surface coil placed on the submandibular gland.
They used a surface coil at 1.5 T MR to non-invasively quantify regional myocardial sodium concentrations in the left ventricular free wall, septum and adipose tissue.
High spatial resolution is mandatory and can be achieved either by using a surface coil with a 1.5-T scanner or with a knee coil at 3 T; it is particularly important for assessing graft morphology and integration.
The pancreas is identified and further axial images are performed during suspended respiration, which are used to position a single slice multi-echo sequence through the pancreas using a surface coil.
The metabolite signal shown in Figure 4 A was observed to vary with distance from the chest wall in the manner expected when using a surface coil for both radiofrequency excitation and signal reception, as was done in these experiments.
An MRI of the dominant hand and wrist was performed in the same MRI unit (1.5 Tesla; Gyroscan ACS NT; Philips Medical Systems, Best, The Netherlands) by using a surface coil with a 20-cm field of view.
