Investigating the level of signal-to-noise ratio performance of a quadrature head coil in MRI

The following study sought to investigate the level of SNR performance obtainable from a particular MR system (1.5 T GE Signa Horizon™) using the system's quadrature head coil only. The method used for identifying the level of SNR performance of the particular system's quadrature head coil was the same method employed by MagNET (the subdivision of Medical Devices Agency which is responsible for MR technology) in order to produce the official …