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Abstract #2666

From 7T to 10.5T: B1+, SAR and Temperature Distribution for Head and Body MRI

Jinfeng Tian1, Devashish Shrivastava1, John Strupp1, Jay Zhang1, Thomas Vaughan1

1U. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Spurred by the success of 7T whole-body MRI, whole-body MRI systems of 9.4T or above were installed or will be installed to push the boundary. In this abstract, the RF performance of a 16-ch TEM array at 7T and 10.5T are compared with FDTD simulation.

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