Abstract #2379
            In vivo comparison of B1 mapping techniques for hip joint imaging at 7 Tesla
                      Oliver Kraff                     1                    , Andrea Lazik                     1,2                    , 						Daniel Brenner                     3                    , Desmond H.Y. Tse                     4,5                    , 						Qi Duan                     6                    , Soeren Johst                     1                    , Harald H. 						Quick                     1,7                    , and Mark E. Ladd                     1,8          
            
            1
           
           Erwin L. Hahn Institute for MRI, University 
						Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany,
           
            2
           
           Diagnostic 
						and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, 
						University Hospital Essen, Germany,
           
            3
           
           German 
						Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, 
						Germany,
           
            4
           
           Neuropsychology 
						and Psychopharmacology, Maastricht University, 
						Netherlands,
           
            5
           
           Radiology, Maastricht University 
						MC, Netherlands,
           
            6
           
           Adv. 
						MRI Section, LFMI, NINDS, National Institutes of Health, 
						MD, United States,
           
            7
           
           Highfield 
						and Hybrid MR Imaging, University Hospital Essen, 
						Germany,
           
            8
           
           Medical 
						Physics in Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 
						Germany
          
            
          Three well-established B1 mapping techniques (AFI, BSS, 
						and DREAM) were evaluated regarding quality and 
						reproducibility for large cross-section mapping in vivo 
						at 7 Tesla. B1 maps were obtained in 6 healthy 
						volunteers with two standard RF shims applied (CP+ and 
						CP2+) using an eight-channel transmit/receive RF body 
						coil. Deviation between scan and rescan for mean B1 and 
						maximum B1, as well as the mean ratio of zero to nonzero 
						values within the maps were assessed to compare the 
						methods and to rate their applicability for functional 
						imaging of the hip joints at 7T.
         
				
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