Abstract #2172

Explorations of Non-Magnetic Amplifiers for MRI Applications

Sawson Taheri¹, Pascal Stang², John Pauly¹, and Greig C. Scott¹

¹Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, ²Mountain View, CA, United States

Broadcast amplifier pallets offer a low-cost solution in creating MR compatible non-magnetic transmit array systems capable of operating in both 1.5T and 3T B₀ fields. We developed a locally deployable PTx array utilizing readily available broadcast amplifier pallets. The conversion of a conventional slow-gated, non-linear FM band (88-108MHz) 1kW pallet to a fast-gated, linear non-magnetic amplifier targeting transmit array deployment in both 1.5T and 3T B₀ fields is demonstrated.

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