A 3D Surface Coil with Deep Learning Based Noise Reduction for Parotid Gland Imaging

Parotid salivary gland neoplasms occur in conspicuous locations near the facial nerve and have a risk for malignant transformation – making early diagnosis and treatment essential. Here we present a novel three-dimensional surface coil (3D Coil) architecture and a deep learning-based noise reduction method that offers twice higher signal to noise ratio compared to single channel surface coil for parotid gland imaging at 7T.