Using Separated Volume Transmit and Local Receiver Arrays for Body Imaging at 7T

Carl Jason Snyder¹, Lance DelaBarre¹, Jinfeng Tian¹, Can Akgun¹, Greg Metzger¹, Steen Moeller¹, Kamil Ugurbil¹, J. Thomas Vaughan¹

To minimize known coil losses at higher field strengths, we developed a conservatively-sized volume stripline/TEM array for body imaging at 7T. Active PIN diode detuning allows it to be used in conjunction with local receive-only arrays. This TEM array is also a clamshell design, allowing it be either used as a whole- or half-volume array.