Preparation‐based B mapping in the heart using Bloch–Siegert shifts

P Šiurytė, J Tourais, Y Zhang, C Coletti… - Magnetic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop and evaluate a robust cardiac B 1+ B _1^+ mapping sequence at 3 T,
using Bloch–Siegert shift (BSS)‐based preparations. Methods A longitudinal magnetization …

Head‐and‐neck multichannel B1+ mapping and RF shimming of the carotid arteries using a 7T parallel‐transmit head coil

MHS de Buck, JL Kent, P Jezzard… - Magnetic Resonance in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Neurovascular MRI suffers from a rapid drop in B1+ into the neck when using
transmit head coils at 7 T. One solution to improving B1+ magnitude in the major feeding …

Deep learning‐based whole‐brain B1+‐mapping at 7T

F Krueger, CS Aigner, M Lutz… - Magnetic resonance …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose This study investigates the feasibility of using complex‐valued neural networks
(NNs) to estimate quantitative transmit magnetic RF field (B1+) maps from multi‐slice …

Optimized interferometric encoding of presaturated TurboFLASH B1 mapping for parallel transmission MRI at 7 T: Preliminary application for quantitative T1 …

A Destruel, F Mauconduit, A Massire… - Magnetic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The acquisition of accurate B1 maps is critical for parallel transmit techniques (pTx).
The presaturated turboFLASH (satTFL) method has been widely used in combination with …

Fast 3D 31P mapping with a weighted stack of spiral trajectory at 7 T

MS Widmaier, A Kaiser, S Baup, D Wenz… - Magnetic …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Purpose Phosphorus MRS (31P MRS) enables noninvasive assessment of energy
metabolism, yet its application is hindered by sensitivity limitations. To overcome this, often …

Accelerated B 1+ B _1^+ mapping and robust parallel transmit pulse design for heart and prostate imaging at 7 T

N Egger, S Nagelstraßer, S Wildenberg… - Magnetic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate the impact of reduced k‐space sampling on B 1+ B _1^+ mapping
and the resulting impact on phase shimming and dynamic/universal parallel transmit (pTx) …

Accelerated 3D multi‐channel mapping at 7 T for the brain and heart

JL Kent, MHS de Buck, I Dragonu… - Magnetic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To acquire accurate volumetric multi‐channel B 1+ B _1^+ maps in under 14 s
whole‐brain or 23 heartbeats whole‐heart for parallel transmit (pTx) applications at 7 T …

A preparation pulse for fast steady state approach in Actual Flip angle Imaging

MA Zampini, J Sijbers, M Verhoye, R Garipov - Medical Physics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Actual Flip angle Imaging (AFI) is a sequence used for B1 mapping,
also embedded in the Variable flip angle with AFI for simultaneous estimation of T1, B1 and …

Head-and-neck multi-channel B1+ mapping and carotid arteries RF shimming using a parallel transmit head coil

MHS de Buck, P Jezzard, AT Hess - arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.14596, 2022 - arxiv.org
Purpose: Neurovascular MRI suffers from a rapid drop in B1+ into the neck when using
transmit head coils at 7T. One solution to improving B1+ magnitude in the major feeding …

Towards a relaxation-based MR-oximetry technique for the measurement of tumor hypoxia

RC Bider - 2024 - escholarship.mcgill.ca
Hypoxia, a common feature of solid tumors, is typical of aggressive cancers and leads to
poorer outcomes in radiation therapy and some types of chemotherapy. Imaging tumour …