Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
467-06-011 ISMRM Abstract

Parallel transmission pulse-informed optimization of a shielded 16-channel RF transmit array for human brain MRI at 10.5 T

Primary: Physics & Engineering - High-Field MRI
Secondary: Physics & Engineering - RF Arrays & Systems
467-06-011 · RF Arrays and Applications · Tuesday, 12 May, 4:55 PM–5:50 PM · Digital Posters Row H
Keywords: Ultra-high field Human brain RF Pulse Design Parallel Transmission (pTx) RF shielding
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Mengxuan Zheng1,2, Xiaotong Zhang3, Xin Shao2, Matt Waks2, Mazin Mustafa2, Kamil Ugurbil2, Xiaoping Wu2, Alireza Sadeghi-Tarakameh 2
1College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
2Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Dept. of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States of America
3College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Presenting Author: Alireza Sadeghi-Tarakameh

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References

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2. Waks, Matt, et al. "RF coil design strategies for improving SNR at the ultrahigh magnetic field of 10.5 T." Magnetic resonance in medicine 93.2 (2025): 873-888.
3. Kozlov, Mikhail, and Robert Turner. "Fast MRI coil analysis based on 3-D electromagnetic and RF circuit co-simulation." Journal of magnetic resonance 200.1 (2009): 147-152.
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6. Wu, Xiaoping, et al. "Comparison of RF body coils for MRI at 3 T: a simulation study using parallel transmission on various anatomical targets." NMR in biomedicine 28.10 (2015): 1332-1344.
7. Shao, Xin, et al. "Parallel‐transmission spatial spectral pulse design with local specific absorption rate control: Demonstration for robust uniform water‐selective excitation in the human brain at 7 T." Magnetic resonance in medicine 93.3 (2025): 1238-1255.

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