A small coil element is developed for 10.5T imaging by affixing an end-loaded 82mm long dipole to a high dielectric constant (HDC) flat disk. This coil element produces localized but very high B1 fields similar to a loop of a similar diameter without suffering from diverging B1+ and B1- that loops experience at high field. Furthermore, these elements are inherently highly decoupled in all possible spatial configurations, making them well suited to use in large, densely packed transmit arrays.
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