With more than 60 installed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems worldwide
operating at a magnetic field strength of 7T or higher, ultrahigh‐field (UHF) MRI has been …

The potential value of ultrahigh field (UHF) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and
spectroscopy to biomedical research and in clinical applications drives the development of …

The transmit/receive (T/R) switch is an important device in magnetic resonance imaging
scanners whenever T/R radio frequency coils are intended to be used. It is placed between …

Purpose A 16‐channel receive (16Rx) radiofrequency (RF) array for 7T ultra‐high field body
MR imaging is presented. The coil is evaluated in conjunction with a 16‐channel …

Multi-nuclear magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy are considered valuable tools
due to their capability of diagnosis and monitoring of several diseases. They require …

Multi-nuclear magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy are considered valuable tools
due to their capability of diagnosis and monitoring of several diseases. They require …

In order to calculate ultimate intrinsic signal-to-noise ratio and specific absorption rate
efficiency in the prostate, a full electromagnetic basis was calculated in the Duke human …

The parallel imaging technique is widely used in 7T MRI scanners. It employs multichannel
RF coil arrays to apply a concurrent excitation and acquisition method. Concurrent excitation …

At high fields, B1 inhomogeneity is one of the major challenges that limit imaging
performance. Parallel transmission with an array of coils is a recognized solution to B1 …

With increasing number of transmit and receive channels it becomes more and more
important to monitor the behavior of the RF chain over time since weaknesses of custom …