Abstract #1982

Combination of a Sodium Birdcage Coil with a Tunable Patch Antenna for B0 Shimming and Anatomical Localization at 9.4 T

Christian C. Mirkes¹,², Jens Hoffmann¹, Gunamony Shajan¹, Rolf Pohmann¹, Klaus Scheffler¹,²

¹High-Field MR Center, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tbingen, Germany; ²Department for Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, University of Tbingen, Tbingen, Germany

X-nucleus spectroscopy and imaging normally rely on proton imaging for anatomical localization and B0 shimming. A convenient way to perform these tasks, without having to make any changes to the X-nucleus coil, is presented here by the usage of the travelling wave concept and a two-channel proton patch antenna.