Reducing SAR and enhancing cerebral signal‐to‐noise ratio with high permittivity padding at 3 T
Open Access
- 30 November 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- Vol. 65 (2), 358-362
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.22695
Abstract
Previous works have shown that placement of a high‐dielectric pad can improve image intensity in a region adjacent to the pad, or that placement of dielectric pads around a large surface of the head can improve image homogeneity on an entire plane through the head in high‐field MRI. Here, experimental results show that use of high‐dielectric pads around the human head can reduce the required input radiofrequency power by 50% while enhancing image signal‐to‐noise ratio by 20–40% throughout the cerebrum at 3 T. Thus, dielectric pads may be used to provide a relatively simple and low‐cost method for improving quality and safety of MRI in a variety of applications at 3 T. Magn Reson Med, 2011.Keywords
Funding Information
- NIH (R01 EB000454, R01 AG02771)
- Pennsylvania Department of Health
This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
- Faraday shields within a solenoidal coil to reduce sample heating: Numerical comparison of designs and experimental verificationJournal of Magnetic Resonance, 2010
- High Q calcium titanate cylindrical dielectric resonators for magnetic resonance microimagingJournal of Magnetic Resonance, 2009
- Dielectric inserts for sensitivity and RF magnetic field enhancement in NMR volume coilsJournal of Magnetic Resonance, 2009
- Manipulation of image intensity distribution at 7.0 T: Passive RF shimming and focusing with dielectric materialsJournal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2006
- B1 destructive interferences and spatial phase patterns at 7 T with a head transceiver array coilMagnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2005
- Phantom design method for high‐field MRI human systemsMagnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2004
- Analysis of wave behavior in lossy dielectric samples at high fieldMagnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2002
- Reduction of RF penetration effects in high field imagingMagnetic Resonance in Medicine, 1992
- Spectroscopy and imaging with a 4 tesla whole‐body mr systemNMR in Biomedicine, 1988
- The sensitivity of the zeugmatographic experiment involving human samplesJournal of Magnetic Resonance (1969), 1979