Abstract #2752

Design Guidelines for Utilizing Co-Planar Shielded Loops at 7T

Joseph Vincent Rispoli¹, Samantha By¹, Mary P. McDougall¹,²

¹Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States; ²Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States

The need for RF shields increases with increasing field strengths in regards to handling patient safety concerns and optimizing coil stability. Through electromagnetic modeling and bench measurements, this work presents design guidelines for co-planar RF shields to reduce specific absorption rate while maintaining effective B1.