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Abstract #3858

A Method for Calibrating Multi-Channel RF Systems

Francesco Padormo1, Shaihan J. Malik1, Giel Mens2, Jo V. Hajnal1

1Robert Steiner MRI Unit, Imaging Sciences Department, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; 2Philips Healthcare, Best, Netherlands


There is growing interest in parallel transmit architectures and in the use of low cost systems that may display significant non-linearity in response. We describe a system level calibration approach that can generate a full set of calibration tables for multi-channel RF systems. The method is simple to set up and provides compensation for frequency drifts during the calibration process.

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