To improve parallel imaging performance for cardiac MRI in pigs at 7T, a dedicated transceiver 16-element antisymmetric dipole antenna array was developed and tested. EMF-simulations were performed with the antisymmetric dipole array loaded with a dedicated pig thorax-shaped phantom. Imaging performance of the dipole array was validated through MR-measurements in a pig phantom and an 85kg pig cadaver. The dipole array demonstrated a threefold improvement in coefficient-of-variation of the measured FA maps after $$${B_1^+}$$$-shimming using the vendor integrated pTx-platform. Parallel imaging with acceleration factor up to R=4 was possible while maintaining a mean g-factor of 1.13 within the pig heart.
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