期刊
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE
卷 59, 期 2, 页码 396-409出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21476
关键词
prostate; B-1(+) shimming; 7T; stripline array; transmit array; transceive array; FDTD model; SAR
资金
- NCRR NIH HHS [P41 RR008079, S10 RR 1395, P41 RR 08079, P41 RR001395] Funding Source: Medline
- NIBIB NIH HHS [R01 EB000895, R01 EB000454, R01 EB 000895-04] Funding Source: Medline
High-quality prostate images were obtained with transceiver arrays at 7T after performing subject-dependent local transmit B-1 (B-1(+)) shimming to minimize B-1(+) losses resulting from destructive interferences. B-1(+) shimming was performed by altering the input phase of individual RF channels based on relative B-1(+) phase maps rapidly obtained in vivo for each channel of an eight-element stripline coil. The relative transmit phases needed to maximize B-1(+) coherence within a limited region around the prostate greatly differed from those dictated by coil geometry and were highly subject-dependent. A set of transmit phases determined by B-1(+) shimming provided a gain in transmit efficiency of 4.2 +/- 2.7 in the prostate when compared to the standard transmit phases determined by coil geometry. This increased efficiency resulted in large reductions in required RF power for a given flip angle in the prostate which, when accounted for in modeling studies, resulted in significant reductions of local specific absorption rates. Additionally, B1+ shimming decreased B-1(+) nonuniformity within the prostate from (24 +/- 9%) to (5 +/- 4%). This study demonstrates the tremendous impact of fast local B1+ phase shimming on ultrahigh magnetic field body imaging.
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