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Abstract #0205

RF shimming for improved B1+ in the carotid arteries using parallel transmission (pTx) head coils at 7T

Matthijs H.S. de Buck1, Aaron T. Hess1, and Peter Jezzard1
1Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Synopsis

Keywords: Parallel Transmit & Multiband, High-Field MRI, NeurovascularCerebrovascular imaging methods suffer from a rapid drop in B1+ into the neck when using typical transmit head coils at 7T. Custom RF shims on regular pTx head coils could improve the B1+ magnitude in the major feeding arteries in the neck region over standard CP transmit mode. We found that this can improve the B1+ magnitude in the carotid arteries by 36% while also improving the RF homogeneity. This can be achieved using universal, phase-only RF shims, facilitating easy implementation in existing sequences and without requiring custom hardware.

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