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Abstract #2698

Imaging with Dielectric Waveguide Approach for 3T MRI

Alexey A. Tonyushkin1, 2, Norman B. Konyer3, Michael D. Noseworthy, 34, Andrew J.M. Kiruluta1, 2

1Radiology Dept., Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; 2Physics Dept., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States; 3Imaging Research Centre, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; 4Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Recent developments in ultra-high field MRI have allowed researchers to explore the traveling wave regime. While traveling wave MRI is uncommon due to engineering constraints, it holds promise in a future to solve various RF transmission issues. Unfortunately, the traveling wave approach is forbidden for clinical MR systems due to their much lower field, and therefore, hard-to-fulfill cut-off requirements. We demonstrate a possible solution for the traveling wave approach at relatively low field clinical 3T system using a high dielectric insert inside an unmodified MRI. We show simulations and experimental MR images, which were generated using our propagating mode approach.

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