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Recent innovations in flexible surface coil array designs may provide three-dimensional (3D) bendability and conformability to optimize SNR, while improving capabilities for higher acceleration factors.\n                    <jats:italic>Approach.<\/jats:italic>\n                    This work describes the design, implementation, and preliminary\n                    <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>\n                    testing of a novel, conformal 23-channel receive-only flexible array for cervical and extraspinal (FACE) MRI at 3-Tesla (T), with use of high-impedance elements to enhance the coil\u2019s flexibility. Coil performance was tested by assessing SNR and geometry factors (\n                    <jats:italic>g<\/jats:italic>\n                    -factors) in a phantom compared to a conventional 21-channel head-neck-unit (HNU).\n                    <jats:italic>In vivo<\/jats:italic>\n                    imaging was performed in healthy human volunteers and patients using high-resolution c-spine and neck MRI protocols at 3T, including MR neurography (MRN).\n                    <jats:italic>Main results.<\/jats:italic>\n                    Mean SNR with the FACE was 141%\u2013161% higher at left, right, and posterior off-isocenter positions and 4% higher at the isocenter of the phantom compared to the HNU. Parallel imaging performance was comparable for an acceleration factor (\n                    <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) = 2 \u00d7 2 between the two coils, but improved for\n                    <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 3 \u00d7 3 with mean\n                    <jats:italic>g<\/jats:italic>\n                    -factors ranging from 1.46\u20132.15 with the FACE compared to 2.36\u20133.62 obtained with the HNU. Preliminary human volunteer and patient testing confirmed that equivalent or superior image quality could be obtained for evaluation of osseous and soft tissue structures of the cervical region with the FACE.\n                    <jats:italic>Significance.<\/jats:italic>\n                    A conformal and highly flexible cervical array with high-impedance coil elements can potentially enable higher-resolution imaging for cervical imaging.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1088\/1361-6560\/ad0217","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,10]],"date-time":"2023-10-10T18:43:01Z","timestamp":1696963381000},"page":"215011","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Flexible array coil for cervical and extraspinal (FACE) MRI at 3.0 Tesla"],"prefix":"10.1088","volume":"68","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8988-6917","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Frederik","family":"Abel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, NY 10021,"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2847-9378","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Ek T","family":"Tan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, NY 10021,"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Martijn","family":"Lunenburg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tesla Dynamic Coils, Schimminck 12, 5301 Zaltbommel,"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Carel","family":"van Leeuwen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tesla Dynamic Coils, Schimminck 12, 5301 Zaltbommel,"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thijs","family":"van Hooren","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tesla Dynamic Coils, Schimminck 12, 5301 Zaltbommel,"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mark","family":"van Uden","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tesla Dynamic Coils, Schimminck 12, 5301 Zaltbommel,"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Catalina","family":"Arteaga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tesla Dynamic Coils, Schimminck 12, 5301 Zaltbommel,"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jana","family":"Vincent","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"GE HealthCare, 1515 Danner Dr, 44202 Aurora, OH,"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fraser","family":"Robb","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"GE HealthCare, 1515 Danner Dr, 44202 Aurora, OH,"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Darryl B","family":"Sneag","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, NY 10021,"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"266","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"pmbad0217bib1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1453","DOI":"10.1007\/s00256-022-03988-9","type":"journal-article","article-title":"Magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of cervical foraminal stenosis: comparison of 3D T2 SPACE with sagittal oblique 2D T2 TSE","volume":"51","author":"Barnaure","year":"2022","journal-title":"Skelet. 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