Abstract #0622
A modular 16 ch. Transmit/32 ch. Receive Array for parallel Transmission and High Resolution fMRI at 7 Tesla
Gregor Adriany 1 , Scott Schillak 2 , Matt Waks 2 , Brandon Tramm 2 , Andrea Grant 1 , Essa Yacoub 1 , Tommy Vaughan 1 , Cheryl Olman 1 , Sebatian Schmitter 1 , and Kamil Ugurbil 1
1
Medical School, Center for Magnetic
Resonance Research, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN, United States,
2
Virtumed
LLC, MN, United States
Multi-channel transmit arrays are essential at ultra
hifh fields (UHF) to gain B1+-field control and to
support parallel transmission. We combined a dedicated
16 channel transmit array with a 32 channel receive only
array in a tightfitting modular coil housing. Results
demonstrated excellent coil separation , whole brain
coverage and SNR. The achievable homogeneity is
significantly improved compared to a 1TX32RX whole brain
coil (Nova Medical, Wilmington,MA,USA). The major
advantage of the presented coil is increased pTX
capability due to a dual row Tx design and significantly
improved task presentation.
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