Abstract #4409

A Shielded 8 Channel TxRx Head Array with Triangular Elements and Second Order Decoupling

Gang Chen¹, Martijn A. Cloos², Karthik Lakshmanan³, Daniel Sodickson³, Graham Wiggins³

¹The Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States; ²The Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States; ³The Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, United States

As more advanced Parallel Transmit (PTx) technology at high field continues to emerge, the development of compatible Transmit-Receive(TxRx) arrays with good transmit and receive sensitivity as well as decoupling has become a greater priority. We describe here a shielded version of the 8 channel PTx suitable triangular array for head imaging at 7T MRI designed to increase B1+ coverage along z direction as well as keeping diverse B1 profiles for the individual elements. In-vivo experiments demonstrated the benefits and potential of using this Triangular array with PTx system.