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Abstract #0857

3D curved electric dipole antenna for propagation delay compensation

Gang Chen 1,2 , Daniel Sodickson 1 , and Graham Wiggins 1

1 Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research (CAI2R) and Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States, 2 The Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Science, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States

For a body-sized phantom at 7 Tesla, the ideal current patterns for curl-free current modes display V-shaped distributions due to the need for phase evolution along the axial direction (z) to account for propagation delays to or from the central region of interest. Previous studies have shown that either bending the electric dipole into a V or shortening a straight dipole helps to mitigate destructive interference of signal, and therefore to increase transmit efficiency or SNR, at the central point of interest. Here we describe a novel 3D curved electric dipole antenna design constructed on a dielectric substrate to compensate for propagation delays and increase central B1+ efficiency.

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