Abstract #4376

A Novel 7T Transmit Array Using TE 01&[delta] Mode Dielectric Resonators

Jonathan Y. Lu¹, Xiaoliang Zhang²,³, Brian K. Rutt⁴

¹Electrical Engineering Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States; ²Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States; ³UC Berkeley/UCSF joint graduate group in Bioengineering, San Francisco, CA, United States; ⁴Radiology Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States

We propose a novel transmit array coil design for use at 7T employing an array of dielectric resonators. Our design is composed of cylinders filled with deionized water, which after excitation by copper loops can function as transmit array elements. Using FDTD simulations, we have found that this design is easy to tune to high frequency, uses low cost material, and shows improved decoupling and B1⁺ efficiency compared to a loop array of matched dimension.