Abstract #1398

Non-Uniform Dielectric Substrate (NODES) Antenna Design for Cardiac Imaging at 7T

Alireza Sadeghi-Tarakameh¹, Bahram Khalichi², Xiaoping Wu¹, Gregory J. Metzger¹, and Yigitcan Eryaman³

¹Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States, ²Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, ³University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Utilizing receive and transmit array coils with improved SNR/SAR performance is crucial to realizing the full potential of ultra-high field (UHF) MRI. In this work, we optimize a previously introduced antenna (NODES) to improve its SNR and SAR performances for 7T cardiac MRI applications.

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