Ultra-high field MRI: parallel-transmit arrays and RF pulse design

SN Williams, P McElhinney… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews the field of multiple or parallel radiofrequency (RF) transmission for
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Currently the use of ultra-high field (UHF) MRI at 7 tesla …

A review of parallel transmit arrays for ultra-high field MR imaging

CH Choi, A Webb, S Orzada… - IEEE Reviews in …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Parallel transmission (pTX) techniques are required to tackle a number of challenges, eg,
the inhomogeneous distribution of the transmit field and elevated specific absorption rate …

[HTML][HTML] B1 field map synthesis with generative deep learning used in the design of parallel-transmit RF pulses for ultra-high field MRI

B Eberhardt, BA Poser, NJ Shah, J Felder - Zeitschrift für Medizinische …, 2022 - Elsevier
Spoke trajectory parallel transmit (pTX) excitation in ultra-high field MRI enables B 1+
inhomogeneities arising from the shortened RF wavelength in biological tissue to be …

Parallel transmit pulse design for saturation homogeneity (PUSH) for magnetization transfer imaging at 7T

D Leitão, R Tomi‐Tricot, P Bridgen… - Magnetic resonance …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose This work proposes a novel RF pulse design for parallel transmit (pTx) systems to
obtain uniform saturation of semisolid magnetization for magnetization transfer (MT) contrast …

A Minibatch Alternating Projections Algorithm for Robust and Efficient Magnitude Least-Squares RF Pulse Design in MRI

JB Martin, CR Sappo, BM Hardy… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A magnitude-least-squares radiofrequency pulse design algorithm is reported which uses
interleaved exact and stochastically-generated inexact updates to escape local minima and …

Unsupervised deep learning with convolutional neural networks for static parallel transmit design: A retrospective study

T Kilic, P Liebig, OB Demirel, J Herrler… - Magnetic resonance …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Purpose To mitigate B 1+ B _1^+ inhomogeneity at 7T for multi‐channel transmit
arrays using unsupervised deep learning with convolutional neural networks (CNNs) …

The effects of RF coils and SAR supervision strategies for clinically applicable nonselective parallel‐transmit pulses at 7 T

J Herrler, SN Williams, P Liebig, B Ding… - Magnetic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate the effects of using different parallel‐transmit (pTx) head coils and
specific absorption rate (SAR) supervision strategies on pTx pulse design for ultrahigh‐field …

[PDF][PDF] Neural network-supported fast online-customized (focus) parallel transmit (ptx) pulses for slice-selective, large flip angle excitation

J Herrler, P Liebig, K Majewski… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - researchgate.net
Poor homogeneity of the transmit (B1+) fields in MRI at 7 Tesla may cause regions of low
signal intensity and contrast variations1. Dynamic parallel transmit (pTx) pulses have shown …

Towards Fast Hard-Constrained Parallel Transmit Design in Ultrahigh Field MRI with Physics-Driven Neural Networks

T Kilic, J Herrler, P Liebig, ÖB Demirel… - 2024 IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Parallel transmission (pTx) is an important technique for reducing transmit field
inhomogeneities at ultrahigh-field (UHF) MRI. pTx typically involves solving an optimization …

[图书][B] Development of an Innovative Solution Minimizing RF Field Inhomogeneity and Energy Deposition in Ultra-High Field MRI Applications

G Cereza - 2022 - search.proquest.com
While it offers important image quality benefits, Ultra-High Field MRI is particularly sensitive
to RF related artifacts caused by the decreasing wavelength of the B1+ field required to flip …