Abstract #0494

Multi-transmit proton MRI combined with high power body transmit and receive array for 7 Tesla phosphorus imaging

Mark Gosselink¹, Dimitri Welting¹, Tim Linnartz², Ingmar Voogt¹, Bart Steensma¹, Lucian A.B. Purvis³, Christopher T. Rodgers³, Tijl van der Velden¹, Wybe van der Kemp¹, and Dennis W.J. Klomp¹

¹University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²MRCoils, Zaltbommel, Netherlands, ³University of Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research (OCMR), Oxford, United Kingdom

We have integrated a body RF coil tuned at the 31P frequency outside the patient tube in a 7T MR system for homogeneous B1 transmit and combined it with a 8 channel 31P receive array for optimal sensitivity. Imaging and B0 shimming is done with radiative antennas integrated in the receiver setup. With this setup, large field of view imaging and broadband 31P MRSI with high SNR can be obtained.

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