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. 2022 Jun;35(6):e4672.
doi: 10.1002/nbm.4672. Epub 2021 Dec 30.

Ultrahigh field brain magnetic resonance imaging using semiadiabatic radiofrequency pulses

Roger Ordidge  1 , Yasmin Blunck  1 , Rebecca Glarin  1 , Bradford Moffat  1 , Leigh Johnston  1
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Ultrahigh field brain magnetic resonance imaging using semiadiabatic radiofrequency pulses

Roger Ordidge et al. NMR Biomed. 2022 Jun.

Abstract

Great attention is being paid to solving, or mitigating, the technical problems associated with MRI at ultrahigh field strengths of 7 T and higher. This paper explores the use of the semiadiabatic spin-echo (SA-SE) pulse sequence, which uses semiadiabatic radiofrequency (RF) pulses to remove and/or mitigate the effects of the nonuniform B1 excitation field and B0 inhomogeneity associated with the electromagnetic properties of the human brain. A semiadiabatic RF pulse version of the recently published serial transmit excitation pulse (STEP) RF pulse sequence is also presented that now incorporates semiadiabatic pulses, henceforth is called SA-STEP. As demonstrated by computer simulation, and confirmed using head imaging, both techniques can produce multislice SE MR imaging at 7 T. These new methods use relatively low RF power and achieve good coverage of the human brain in a single scan.

Keywords: B1 inhomogeneity correction; RF pulse design; adiabatic pulses; brain imaging; low RF power; ultrahigh field.

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