7T for clinical imaging of benign peripheral nerve tumors: preliminary results.

Purpose: MRI has become an essential diagnostic imaging modality for peripheral nerve pathology. Early MR imaging for peripheral nerve depended on inferred nerve involvement by visualizing downstream effects such as denervation muscular atrophy; improvements in MRI technology have made possible direct visualization of the nerves. In this paper, we share our early clinical experience with 7T for benign neurogenic tumors.

Uniform combined reconstruction of multichannel 7T knee MRI receive coil data without the use of a reference scan.

Background: MR image intensity nonuniformity is often observed at 7T. Reference scans from the body coil used for uniformity correction at lower field strengths are typically not available at 7T.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of a novel algorithm, Uniform Combined Reconstruction (UNICORN), to correct receive coil-induced nonuniformity in musculoskeletal 7T MRI without the use of a reference scan.