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September 17, 2025

RF shimming methods for optimizing B1+ homogeneity and SAR reduction for a high channel density transmit array at 7T

Key Points

A histogram based B1+ shimming algorithm achieves homogeneous B1+ throughout the brain, reducing variability.
The SAR-shimming strategy effectively lowers SAR levels while maintaining similar B1+ to initial conditions.
This approach uses multi-ROI techniques to optimize B1+ across the brain for high channel density transmit arrays.
Effective shimming practices can balance efficiency in power usage while improving safety at high magnetic fields.

Abstract

Motivation: Balancing B1+ homogeneity and power efficiency with SAR reduction remains a challenge at 7T. RF shimming of multi-channel transmit coils can address that challenge. Goal(s): To develop and assess an RF shimming strategy for 7T RF coils with high transmit channel density to obtain low levels of SAR and extended B1+ coverage. Approach: A multi-ROI, histogram loss based shimming strategy is used to optimize B1+. A SAR-shimming strategy follows to reduce SAR while maintaining similar B1+. Results: A histogram based B1+ shimming algorithm enables homogeneous, whole-brain B1+. SAR-shimming is able to reduce SAR while maintaining similar B1+ to the initial conditions. Impact: Multi-ROI RF shimming using histogram loss is successful at optimizing B1+ throughout the brain. By performing B1+-restrictive RF shimming with SAR-heavy cost functions, the electromagnetic fields of a multichannel transmit array are manipulated to maintain B1+ conditions while reducing SAR.

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Sajewski et al. (Tue,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d4597b31b076d99fa5c9dc https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.58530/2025/5006

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