Brain imaging with improved acceleration and SNR at 7 Tesla obtained with 64‐channel receive array

Despite the clear synergy between high channel counts in a receive array and magnetic fields ≥ 7 Tesla, to date such systems have been restricted to a maximum of 32 channels. Here, we examine SNR gains at 7 Tesla in unaccelerated and accelerated images with a 64‐receive channel (64Rx) RF coil.

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