Abstract #3811

Remote Tuning and Matching an 8-Channel Transceive Array at 7T

Carl Snyder¹, Christopher Rogers², Lance DelaBarre¹, Mattew Robson², J. Thomas Vaughan¹

¹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States; ²Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Here an 8-channel transceive array was remotely tuned and matched using piezoelectric actuators; this process, can be automated by monitoring and reducing the standing wave ratio on the transmission line leading to the coil.