Figure 4.
Shows the relative SNR comparison between the 16-channel, outer transmit/receive array only (upper row) and the 32-channel lattice array (lower row). For the acquisition of the transmit-array-only data set (upper row), the inner array was physically removed. The red arrows indicate the approximate position of the axial planes containing the circumferentially located, inner ring coil elements that run perpendicular to the z- axis (see Fig. 1).