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Abstract #4408

Accelerated Volumetric Multi-Channel pTx B1+ Mapping at 7T for the Brain and Heart

James L. Kent1, Ladislav Valkovič2,3, Iulius Dragonu4, Mark Chiew1,5,6, and Aaron T. Hess1
1Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 3Department of Imaging Methods, Institute of Measurement Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia, 4Research & Collaborations GB&I, Siemens Healthcare Ltd, Camberley, United Kingdom, 5Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 6Physical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada

Synopsis

Keywords: Parallel Transmit & Multiband, Parallel Transmit & MultibandUltra-high field MRI with parallel transmit offers significant advantages but B1+ maps are required to utilize its potential. Acquiring B1+ maps for each channel is time-consuming and limits the application of ultra-high field in clinical practice. In this abstract we present an approach to acquire full 3D multi-channel B1+ maps in 11 seconds. We do this by employing a time-interleaved acquisition of modes strategy using undersampled relative maps and two fast undersampled Sandwich B1+ maps all reconstructed using TxLR, a calibrationless reconstruction for transmit field maps. We demonstrate this approach with simulations and scans in phantom and in the brain.

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