Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
606-01-002 ISMRM Abstract

Multiphoton Parallel Transmission at 7T Using Oscillating Gradients

Primary: Physics & Engineering - Parallel Transmit & Multiband
Secondary: Physics & Engineering - High-Field MRI
606-01-002 · Ultra-High Field Applications · Thursday, 14 May, 8:30 AM–10:20 AM · Auditorium 2
Keywords: 7T Ultra-high field (UHF) MRI Parallel Transmit Multiphoton Excitation
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Tanya Deniz Ipek 1, Vaughan A Abakians2, Victor Han1, Chunlei Liu1,3
1Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America
2Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America
3Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, United States of America
Presenting Author: Tanya Deniz Ipek

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