Abstract #1384

Towards Myocardial T2* Mapping at 7.0 T: Assessment and Implications of Static Magnetic Fields Variations

Fabian Hezel¹, Peter Kellman², Lukas Winter¹, Oliver Kraus¹, Katharina Fuchs¹, Thoralf Niendorf¹,³

¹Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany; ²Medical Imaging Section, National Institutes of Health / NHLBI, Bethesda, MD, United States; ³Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Berlin, Germany

This abstract shows in vivo SSFP CINE images of the human heart acquired at 7.0T. A rather uniform B1+-excitation of the region of interest was achieved by a ring of eight radiative bowtie transceiver elements. B1+-shimming in multiple feeding transmit channel mode and B0-shimming in single feeding transmit channel mode enabled us to acquire anatomical images with high resolution, SNR and CNR.