Ultra-high field MRI: parallel-transmit arrays and RF pulse design

SN Williams, P McElhinney… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews the field of multiple or parallel radiofrequency (RF) transmission for
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Currently the use of ultra-high field (UHF) MRI at 7 tesla …

Wireless electromagnetic radiation assessment based on the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR): A review case study

M Abdul-Al, ASI Amar, I Elfergani, R Littlehales… - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Employing electromagnetic fields (EMFs) in new wireless communication and sensing
technologies has substantially increased the level of human exposure to EMF waves. This …

In vivo imaging of the human brain with the Iseult 11.7-T MRI scanner

N Boulant, F Mauconduit, V Gras, A Amadon… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The understanding of the human brain is one of the main scientific challenges of the twenty-
first century. In the early 2000s, the French Atomic Energy Commission launched a program …

Universal pulses: a new concept for calibration‐free parallel transmission

V Gras, A Vignaud, A Amadon… - Magnetic resonance …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose A calibration‐free parallel transmission method is investigated to mitigate the
radiofrequency (RF) field inhomogeneity problem in brain imaging at 7 Tesla (T). Theory and …

SAR simulations & safety

TM Fiedler, ME Ladd, AK Bitz - NeuroImage, 2018 - Elsevier
At ultra-high fields, the assessment of radiofrequency (RF) safety presents several new
challenges compared to low-field systems. Multi-channel RF transmit coils in combination …

Toward imaging the body at 10.5 tesla

MA Ertürk, X Wu, Y Eryaman… - Magnetic resonance …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To explore the potential of performing body imaging at 10.5 Tesla (T) compared
with 7.0 T through evaluating the transmit/receive performance of similarly configured dipole …

Fast online‐customized (FOCUS) parallel transmission pulses: a combination of universal pulses and individual optimization

J Herrler, P Liebig, R Gumbrecht… - Magnetic resonance …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To mitigate spatial flip angle (FA) variations under strict specific absorption rate
(SAR) constraints for ultra‐high field MRI using a combination of universal parallel transmit …

High‐resolution whole‐brain diffusion MRI at 7T using radiofrequency parallel transmission

X Wu, EJ Auerbach, AT Vu, S Moeller… - Magnetic resonance …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Investigating the utility of RF parallel transmission (pTx) for Human Connectome
Project (HCP)‐style whole‐brain diffusion MRI (dMRI) data at 7 Tesla (7T). Methods Healthy …

A fast image retrieval method designed for network big data

J Yang, B Jiang, B Li, K Tian, Z Lv - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the field of big data applications, image information is widely used. The value density of
information utilization in big data is very low, and how to extract useful information quickly is …

Design of universal parallel‐transmit refocusing kT‐point pulses and application to 3D T2‐weighted imaging at 7T

V Gras, F Mauconduit, A Vignaud… - Magnetic resonance …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose T2‐weighted sequences are particularly sensitive to the radiofrequency (RF) field
inhomogeneity problem at ultra‐high‐field because of the errors accumulated by the …