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Abstract #4403

Imaging the Kidneys at 7T Using 8Tx/32Rx Abdominal Coil and RF Shimming of Individual Slices

Niravkumar Darji1, Martin Haas2, Gopesh Patel1, Oliver Speck1, Inge Brinkmann2, Michael Bock2

1Department for Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, magdeburg, Sachsen anhalt, Germany; 2Department of Radiology, Freiburg, Baden-Wrttemberg., Germany


B1 field inhomogeneity become increasingly problematic in ultrahigh-field (UHF) strengths (7T). Parallel transmition is introduced to reduce B1 inhomogeneity. In abdominal imaging region like Kidney or spine shows more structural visibility after performing RF shimming on individual channels of the 8Tx/32Rx abdominal RF coil. The T2* maps also reflect the more homogeneous signal distribution after RF shim perfomance.

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