Parallel‐transmission‐enabled three‐dimensional T2‐weighted imaging of the human brain at 7 Tesla

A Massire, A Vignaud, B Robert… - Magnetic resonance …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: A promise of ultra high field MRI is to produce images of the human brain with
higher spatial resolution due to an increased signal to noise ratio. Yet, the shorter …

Improving T2‐weighted imaging at high field through the use of kT‐points

F Eggenschwiler, KR O'Brien… - Magnetic resonance …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose At high magnetic field strengths (B0≥ 3 T), the shorter radiofrequency wavelength
produces an inhomogeneous distribution of the transmit magnetic field. This can lead to …

Parallel-transmission-enabled magnetization-prepared rapid gradient-echo T1-weighted imaging of the human brain at 7 T

MA Cloos, N Boulant, M Luong, G Ferrand, E Giacomini… - Neuroimage, 2012 - Elsevier
One of the promises of Ultra High Field (UHF) MRI scanners is to bring finer spatial
resolution in the human brain images due to an increased signal to noise ratio. However, at …

Phase-based fast 3D high-resolution quantitative T2 MRI in 7 T human brain imaging

A Seginer, R Schmidt - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a powerful and versatile technique that offers a range
of physiological, diagnostic, structural, and functional measurements. One of the most widely …

3D T 2-weighted imaging at 7T using dynamic kT-points on single-transmit MRI systems

F Eggenschwiler, KR O'Brien, D Gallichan… - … Resonance Materials in …, 2016 - Springer
Objectives For turbo spin echo (TSE) sequences to be useful at ultra-high field, they should
ideally employ an RF pulse train compensated for the B 1+ inhomogeneity. Previously, it …

Rapid brain MRI acquisition techniques at ultra‐high fields

K Setsompop, DA Feinberg, JR Polimeni - NMR in Biomedicine, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Ultra‐high‐field MRI provides large increases in signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) as well as
enhancement of several contrast mechanisms in both structural and functional imaging …

Multislice 1H MRSI of the human brain at 7 T using dynamic B0 and B1 shimming

VO Boer, DWJ Klomp, C Juchem… - Magnetic resonance …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Proton MR spectroscopic imaging of the human brain at ultra‐high field (≥ 7 T) is
challenging due to increased radio frequency power deposition, increased magnetic field B0 …

[PDF][PDF] T 2-weighted 3D spin-echo train imaging of the brain at 3 Tesla: reduced power deposition using low flip-angle refocusing RF pulses

M JPIII, L Wald, J Brookeman - … of the 9th annual meeting of ISMRM …, 2001 - cds.ismrm.org
MR imaging systems that operate at field strengths of 3 T and above are becoming
increasingly common. Power deposition at these field strengths is a very important …

Tailored excitation in 3D with spiral nonselective (SPINS) RF pulses

SJ Malik, S Keihaninejad, A Hammers… - Magnetic resonance …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Brain images acquired at 3T often display central brightening with spatially varying tissue
contrast, caused by inhomogeneity in the transmit radiofrequency fields used for excitation …

Improving high-field MRI using parallel excitation

WA Grissom - Imaging in Medicine, 2010 - search.proquest.com
MRI at high magnetic field strengths promises to deliver clearer images of the body's
structure and function. However, high-field MRI currently faces several substantial …