%0 Journal Article %1 10.1371/journal.pone.0032379 %A Lutti, Antoine %A Stadler, Joerg %A Josephs, Oliver %A Windischberger, Christian %A Speck, Oliver %A Bernarding, Johannes %A Hutton, Chloe %A Weiskopf, Nikolaus %D 2012 %I Public Library of Science %J PLOS ONE %K archiv %N 3 %P 1-7 %R 10.1371/journal.pone.0032379 %T Robust and Fast Whole Brain Mapping of the RF Transmit Field B1 at 7T %U https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032379 %V 7 %X In-vivo whole brain mapping of the radio frequency transmit field B1+ is a key aspect of recent method developments in ultra high field MRI. We present an optimized method for fast and robust in-vivo whole-brain B1+ mapping at 7T. The method is based on the acquisition of stimulated and spin echo 3D EPI images and was originally developed at 3T. We further optimized the method for use at 7T. Our optimization significantly improved the robustness of the method against large B1+ deviations and off-resonance effects present at 7T. The mean accuracy and precision of the optimized method across the brain was high with a bias less than 2.6 percent unit (p.u.) and random error less than 0.7 p.u. respectively.

@article{10.1371/journal.pone.0032379, abstract = {In-vivo whole brain mapping of the radio frequency transmit field B1+ is a key aspect of recent method developments in ultra high field MRI. We present an optimized method for fast and robust in-vivo whole-brain B1+ mapping at 7T. The method is based on the acquisition of stimulated and spin echo 3D EPI images and was originally developed at 3T. We further optimized the method for use at 7T. Our optimization significantly improved the robustness of the method against large B1+ deviations and off-resonance effects present at 7T. The mean accuracy and precision of the optimized method across the brain was high with a bias less than 2.6 percent unit (p.u.) and random error less than 0.7 p.u. respectively.}, added-at = {2022-07-22T10:39:47.000+0200}, author = {Lutti, Antoine and Stadler, Joerg and Josephs, Oliver and Windischberger, Christian and Speck, Oliver and Bernarding, Johannes and Hutton, Chloe and Weiskopf, Nikolaus}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/269e3a1d4228528c916d2cf087279224d/poerdy}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0032379}, interhash = {b9ec9414cf0d81f78226bc688ff8cc01}, intrahash = {69e3a1d4228528c916d2cf087279224d}, journal = {PLOS ONE}, keywords = {archiv}, month = {03}, number = 3, pages = {1-7}, publisher = {Public Library of Science}, timestamp = {2022-07-22T10:39:47.000+0200}, title = {Robust and Fast Whole Brain Mapping of the RF Transmit Field B1 at 7T}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032379}, volume = 7, year = 2012 }