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Abstract #4570

Characterizing gradient performance and estimating Maxwell fields at 0.55T.

Daniel West1, David Leitão1, Raphael Tomi-Tricot1,2, Tobias C Wood3, Jo Hajnal1,4, and Shaihan Malik1,4
1Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, 2MR Research Collaborations, Siemens, Frimley, United Kingdom, 3Department of Neuroimaging, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, 4Centre for the Developing Brain, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Synopsis

Keywords: System Imperfections: Measurement & Correction, GradientsIn this work we use a general sequence to characterize gradient imperfections at low field (0.55T) by measuring the gradient impulse response function (GIRF). Maxwell fields become non-negligible at lower field strengths and so we incorporate these into our GIRF calculation to form a single processing pipeline. Once the predictive ability of the GIRF was confirmed, we use our data to estimate the Maxwell phase and compare this to an analytic approach; good agreement is observed. These results will inform future low-field investigations and enable an improved image quality for sequences that are particularly prone to gradient imperfections.

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