Parallel-transmission-enabled magnetization-prepared rapid gradient-echo T1-weighted imaging of the human brain at 7 T

• Published in: NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 62; no. 3; p. 2140
• Main Authors: Cloos, M A, Boulant, N, Luong, M, Ferrand, G, Giacomini, E, Hang, M-F, Wiggins, C J, Le Bihan, D, Amadon, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2012
• Subjects: Algorithms; Brain - anatomy & histology; Brain - physiology; Brain Mapping - instrumentation; Brain Mapping - methods; Humans; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - instrumentation; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
• ISSN: 1095-9572; 1095-9572
• DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.05.068

One of the promises of Ultra High Field (UHF) MRI scanners is to bring finer spatial resolution in the human brain images due to an increased signal to noise ratio. However, at such field strengths, the spatial non-uniformity of the Radio Frequency (RF) transmit profiles challenges the applicability...