Abstract #2838

Electromagnetic and Thermal Simulations of Experimentally-Verified B1 Shimming Scheme with Local SAR Constrains

Lin Tang¹, Tamer S. Ibrahim²

¹School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma; ²Departments of Bioengineering and Radiology, Univeristy of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

In this work, using 3D numerical simulations and verifications with a 7T scanner equipped with a transmit array system we conduct a comprehensive study using B1 shimming for potential 7T whole-body applications. Different from previous works [2], this study includes the optimizations of the B1+ field, local/average SAR and the resulting temperature elevation in the tissue.