At 7T body imaging spatial variations of the transmit magnetic (B1+) and electric (E) fields are observed. Additionally, recent in-vivo studies showed that B1+ patterns vary throughout the respiratory cycle. We present a novel electromagnetic (EM) simulation setup that allows investigating respiration-induced changes of the E- and B1+ fields. Using such simulations, we aim to verify the aforementioned in-vivo results that demonstrated respiration-induced changes of B1+ and corresponding flip angle distributions in the heart. Furthermore, the hitherto neglected, corresponding SAR variations are investigated and we find an up to 100 % change in local SAR throughout the respiratory cycle.
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