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Abstract #2802

Dramatic Improvement of Parallel Imaging with High Dielectric Material Demonstration with Electromagnetic Field Calculations at 123 MHz

Zhipeng Cao1, Wei Luo2, Christopher T. Sica2, Sukhoon Oh3, Sebastian Rupprecht2, Giuseppe Carluccio3, Christopher Michael Collins3, Qing X. Yang2

1Radiology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States; 2Radiology, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States; 3Radiology, New York University, New York City, NY, United States


A simulation analysis of the effect of high dielectric materials on receive efficiency and g-factor for a phantom within an 8-channel head sized array is performed using numerical calculations. Results indicate that strategic use of high dielectric materials can provide notable improvement in parallel imaging performance for a given sample with standard coil setup.