Fig. 1

Magnitude image of an EPI scan (a) with phase encoding direction in anterior/posterior direction of a sagittal slice of a gel phantom mounted inside the transducer setup (c). The distortions also occur when changing the readout direction from a head to foot direction (b). c Phased-array transducer setup with a dedicated eight-channel phased-array receive coil and water cooling pipes for circulating water through the transducer