Christoph Juchem1, Terrence W. Nixon1,
Piotr Diduch2, Scott McIntyre1, Douglas L. Rothman1,
Piotr Starewicz2, Robin A. de Graaf1
1MR Research Center, Yale University,
New Haven, CT, United States; 2Resonance Research Inc., Billerica,
MA, United States
The
first realization of full zero- to third-order DSU with full preemphasis and
B0 compensation is presented which allowed high quality shimming
of the human brain at 7 Tesla. The achievable magnetic field homogeneity
could be largely improved not only in comparison to global (i.e. static)
zero- to third-order shimming, but also when compared to state-of-the-art
zero- to second-order DSU.