Gang Chen1,
Martijn A. Cloos2, Karthik Lakshmanan3, Daniel
Sodickson3, Graham Wiggins3
1The
Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, New York University School
of Medicine, New York, NY, United States; 2The Bernard and Irene
Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, New York University School of
Medicine, New York, NY, United States; 3The Bernard and Irene
Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, New York University Langone Medical
Center, New York, NY, United States
As more advanced Parallel Transmit (PTx) technology at high field continues to emerge, the development of compatible Transmit-Receive(TxRx) arrays with good transmit and receive sensitivity as well as decoupling has become a greater priority. We describe here a shielded version of the 8 channel PTx suitable triangular array for head imaging at 7T MRI designed to increase B1+ coverage along z direction as well as keeping diverse B1 profiles for the individual elements. In-vivo experiments demonstrated the benefits and potential of using this Triangular array with PTx system.