Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
506-01-003 ISMRM Abstract

Dedicated RF Coil Design for High-Resolution Bilateral Breast MRI at Ultra-Low Field (6.5 mT)

Primary: Physics & Engineering - Low-Field MRI
Secondary: Body - Breast
506-01-003 · Low Field MRI Hardware · Wednesday, 13 May, 8:20 AM–10:10 AM · Auditorium 2
Keywords: Radiofrequency Coils Electromagnetic simulations Breast MRI Low field mri Ultra low-field MRI
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Torben Hornung 1,2, Sheng Shen3, Stephen E Ogier4,5, Mansi A Saksena6,7, Kathryn E Keenan4, Matthew S Rosen3,8, Neha Koonjoo3
1Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
2Heidelberg Academy of Humanities and Sciences, Heidelberg, Germany
3Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, United States of America
4National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, United States of America
5University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States of America
6Massachusetts General Hospital, Division of Breast Imaging, Boston, United States of America
7Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America
8Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States of America
Presenting Author: Torben Hornung

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References

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3. Mallikourti, V. et al. Field cycling imaging to characterise breast cancer at low and ultra-low magnetic fields below 0.2 T. Communications Medicine 4, 221 (2024).
4. Hornung, T. P. P. et al. Breast Coil Optimization for Low Field MRI and Future MR-Guided Proton Therapy. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 72, 1750–1765 (2025).
5. Shen, S. et al. Breast imaging with an ultra-low field MRI scanner: a pilot study. medRxiv 2024.04.01.24305081 (2024) doi:10.1101/2024.04.01.24305081. [doi]

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