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Abstract #1454

Real Time RF Power Prediction of Parallel Transmission RF Pulse Design at 7T

Cem Murat Deniz1,2, Leeor Alon1,2, Ryan Brown1, Hans-Peter Fautz3, Daniel K. Sodickson1, Yudong Zhu1

1Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States; 2Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States; 3Siemens Medical Solutions, Erlangen, Germany


Prediction of parallel transmission RF pulse power deposition into a patient is one of the principal challenges at ultra-high field magnetic strength. We introduced real time calibration system to predict the net power consequences of the parallel transmission RF pulse design before employing designed RF pulses into scanner. High accuracy was achieved in the power deposition estimation of designed RF pulses with respect to actual net power measurements.