Methodology for UHF Multichannel Coil Evaluation

Lance DelaBarre¹, Pierre-Francois van de Moortele¹, Carl Snyder¹, Jinfeng Tian¹, Steen Moeller¹, J. Thomas Vaughan¹

Evaluating the performance and safety of high field RF coils with multiple elements is necessary to improve coil designs, but it is challenging due to the complexity of the coil itself. A methodology to evaluate coil performance is demonstrated using a 7T coil as an example.