Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
568-02-008 ISMRM Abstract

Hybrid Active and Passive Brain-Specific Shimming for Ultra-High-Field (5T) MRI

Primary: Physics & Engineering - Hybrid & Novel Systems Technology
Secondary: Physics & Engineering - Shims
568-02-008 · System Imperfections and Field Monitoring · Wednesday, 13 May, 9:15 AM–10:10 AM · Digital Posters Row I
Keywords: B0 shimming Active Shimming Passive shim Air-tissue interface field inhomogeneities Ultra-High Field (UHF)
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Ziyu Liu1, Jason Stockmann2, Yu Cheng1, Yihan Yang 1, Zhihua Ren1,3
1School of Biomedical Engineering & State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
2Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, United States of America
3Shanghai Clinical Research and Trial Center, Shanghai, China
Presenting Author: Yihan Yang

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