In-vivo 3D liver imaging at 7T using kT-point pTx pulses and a 32-Tx-channel whole-body RF antenna array

Using a 32-Tx-channel whole-body RF antenna array at 7T could benefit exciting large body parts as these regions often suffer from flip angle inhomogeneity or dropouts. This study compares static pTx and 3D pTx pulses with a varying number of kT-points to the CP+ mode and non-optimized shim. With static pTx, the flip angle dropouts are reduced, and 2-3 kT-points seemed to deliver the best tradeoff between flip angle homogeneity and RF power.