A 32-channel parallel transmit system add-on for 7T MRI

English version

Autoři: Stephan Orzada ^aff001; Klaus Solbach ^aff002; Marcel Gratz ^aff001; Sascha Brunheim ^aff001; Thomas M. Fiedler ^aff004; Sören Johst ^aff001; Andreas K. Bitz ^aff004; Samaneh Shooshtary ^aff002; Ashraf Abuelhaija ^aff002; Maximilian N. Voelker ^aff001; Stefan H. G. Rietsch ^aff001; Oliver Kraff ^aff001; Stefan Maderwald ^aff001; Martina Flöser ^aff004; Mark Oehmigen ^aff003; Harald H. Quick ^aff001; Mark E. Ladd ^aff001
Působiště autorů: Erwin L. Hahn Institute for MRI, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany ^aff001; RF & Microwave Technology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany ^aff002; High-Field and Hybrid MR Imaging, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany ^aff003; Medical Physics in Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany ^aff004; Electromagnetic Theory and Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, FH Aachen – University of Applied Sciences, Aachen, Germany ^aff005; Faculty of Physics and Astronomy and Faculty of Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany ^aff006
Vyšlo v časopise: PLoS ONE 14(9)
Kategorie: Research Article
doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222452

Souhrn

Purpose

A 32-channel parallel transmit (pTx) add-on for 7 Tesla whole-body imaging is presented. First results are shown for phantom and in-vivo imaging.

Methods

The add-on system consists of a large number of hardware components, including modulators, amplifiers, SAR supervision, peripheral devices, a control computer, and an integrated 32-channel transmit/receive body array. B₁⁺ maps in a phantom as well as B₁⁺ maps and structural images in large volunteers are acquired to demonstrate the functionality of the system. EM simulations are used to ensure safe operation.

Results

Good agreement between simulation and experiment is shown. Phantom and in-vivo acquisitions show a field of view of up to 50 cm in z-direction. Selective excitation with 100 kHz sampling rate is possible. The add-on system does not affect the quality of the original single-channel system.

Conclusion

The presented 32-channel parallel transmit system shows promising performance for ultra-high field whole-body imaging.

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Medicine and health sciences – Diagnostic medicine – Diagnostic radiology – Magnetic resonance imaging – Radiology and imaging – Research and analysis methods – Imaging techniques – In vivo imaging – Engineering and technology – Signal processing – Signal amplification – Modulation – Electronics engineering – Logic circuits – Electronics – Capacitors – Physical sciences – Materials science – Materials – Magnets – Social sciences – Economics – Commerce – Vendors

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A 32-channel parallel transmit system add-on for 7T MRI

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