SERIAL transmit – parallel receive (STxPRx) MR imaging produces acceptable proton image uniformity without compromising field of view or SAR guidelines for human neuroimaging at 9.4 Tesla
Thulborn K, Ma C, Sun C, Atkinson I, Claiborne T, Umathum R, Wright S, Liang Z. SERIAL transmit – parallel receive (STxPRx) MR imaging produces acceptable proton image uniformity without compromising field of view or SAR guidelines for human neuroimaging at 9.4 Tesla. Journal Of Magnetic Resonance 2018, 293: 145-153. PMID: 30012280, PMCID: PMC6084804, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2018.05.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProton MR imagesMR images of human brainArrays of surface coilsImages of human brainSurface coil arrayHuman brain imagingImage uniformityField of viewExcitation profilesSAR guidelinesBirdcage coilFLASH pulse sequenceSensitivity correctionSodium MR imagingPulse sequenceAcceptable uniformityCoil arrayExcitationSignal-to-noiseProtonHigh-resolution imagesSurface coilParallel receiverCoilMR imaging