Abstract #2529

Amide Proton Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer at 9.4 T with Optimized RF Transmit Field Through B1 Shimming

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

Amide proton transfer imaging is very promising at ultra-high field due to the large spectral separation. Here we show that quantification of the chemical exchange saturation effect can be facilitated by homogenizing the transmit field through B1 shimming.