[HTML][HTML] Pros and cons of ultra-high-field MRI/MRS for human application

ME Ladd, P Bachert, M Meyerspeer, E Moser… - Progress in nuclear …, 2018 - Elsevier
Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopic techniques are widely used in humans both
for clinical diagnostic applications and in basic research areas such as cognitive …

Parallel transmission for ultrahigh‐field imaging

F Padormo, A Beqiri, JV Hajnal, SJ Malik - NMR in Biomedicine, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The development of MRI systems operating at or above 7 T has provided researchers with a
new window into the human body, yielding improved imaging speed, resolution and signal …

Multiparametric imaging with heterogeneous radiofrequency fields

MA Cloos, F Knoll, T Zhao, KT Block, M Bruno… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become an unrivalled medical diagnostic technique
able to map tissue anatomy and physiology non-invasively. MRI measurements are …

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 …

Ultra-high-field MR neuroimaging

P Balchandani, TP Naidich - American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2015 - ajnr.org
At ultra-high magnetic fields, such as 7T, MR imaging can noninvasively visualize the brain
in unprecedented detail and through enhanced contrast mechanisms. The increased SNR …

kT‐points: Short three‐dimensional tailored RF pulses for flip‐angle homogenization over an extended volume

MA Cloos, N Boulant, M Luong… - Magnetic resonance …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
With Transmit SENSE, we demonstrate the feasibility of uniformly exciting a volume such as
the human brain at 7T through the use of an original minimalist transmit k‐space coverage …

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 …

In vivo B0 field shimming methods for MRI at 7 T

JP Stockmann, LL Wald - Neuroimage, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Functional MRI (fMRI) at 7 T and above provides improved Signal-to-Noise Ratio
and Contrast-to-Noise Ratio compared to 3 T acquisitions. In addition to the beneficial …

Magnitude least squares optimization for parallel radio frequency excitation design demonstrated at 7 Tesla with eight channels

K Setsompop, LL Wald, V Alagappan… - … in Medicine: An …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Spatially tailored radio frequency (RF) excitations accelerated with parallel transmit systems
provide the opportunity to create shaped volume excitations or mitigate inhomogeneous B1 …

Self-decoupled radiofrequency coils for magnetic resonance imaging

X Yan, JC Gore, WA Grissom - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Arrays of radiofrequency coils are widely used in magnetic resonance imaging to achieve
high signal-to-noise ratios and flexible volume coverage, to accelerate scans using parallel …