Steven M. Wright1,
Ivan E. Dimitrov2, 3, Sergey Cheshkov2, Mary
P. McDougall4, Craig R. Malloy2
1Electrical
and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX,
United States; 2Advanced Imaging Research Center, University of
Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States; 3Philips
Medical Systems, Cleveland, OH, United States; 4Biomedical
Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
In addition to B1 homogeneity, searching for the most efficient (true quadrature) B1+ is desirable for a number of applications, especially those that require high power, e.g. proton decoupled spectroscopy. This abstract discusses a simple method for calibration of the drive phases in a two channel transmit system. Setting the phases for reverse circular polarization (anti-quad) provides greater sensitivity for the validation of the phase calibration for steering to a point of interest. In addition to its general applicability for coil calibration, this method may find application in steering the zero effective field needed for catheter-tracking based on reverse polarization.