TY - JOUR A1 - Orzada, Stephan A1 - Johst, Sören A1 - Maderwald, Stefan A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Solbach, Klaus A1 - Ladd, Mark E. T1 - Mitigation of B1(+) inhomogeneity on single-channel transmit systems with TIAMO JF - Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Y1 - 2013 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.24453 SN - 1522-2594 VL - 70 IS - 1 SP - 290 EP - 294 PB - Wiley CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Orzada, S. A1 - Maderwald, S. A1 - Poser, B. A. A1 - Johst, S. A1 - Kannengiesser, S. A1 - Ladd, M. E. A1 - Bitz, Andreas T1 - Time-interleaved acquisition of modes: an analysis of SAR and image contrast implications JF - Magnetic Resonance in Medicine N2 - s the magnetic field strength and therefore the operational frequency in MRI are increased, the radiofrequency wavelength approaches the size of the human head/body, resulting in wave effects which cause signal decreases and dropouts. Especially, whole-body imaging at 7 T and higher is therefore challenging. Recently, an acquisition scheme called time-interleaved acquisition of modes has been proposed to tackle the inhomogeneity problems in high-field MRI. The basic premise is to excite two (or more) different Burn:x-wiley:07403194:media:MRM23081:tex2gif-stack-1 modes using static radiofrequency shimming in an interleaved acquisition, where the complementary radiofrequency patterns of the two modes can be exploited to improve overall signal homogeneity. In this work, the impact of time-interleaved acquisition of mode on image contrast as well as on time-averaged specific absorption rate is addressed in detail. Time-interleaved acquisition of mode is superior in Burn:x-wiley:07403194:media:MRM23081:tex2gif-stack-2 homogeneity compared with conventional radiofrequency shimming while being highly specific absorption rate efficient. Time-interleaved acquisition of modes can enable almost homogeneous high-field imaging throughout the entire field of view in PD, T2, and T2*-weighted imaging and, if a specified homogeneity criterion is met, in T1-weighted imaging as well. Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.23081 SN - 1522-2594 VL - 67 IS - 4 SP - 1033 EP - 1041 PB - Wiley-Liss CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Klomp, D.W. A1 - Ladd, M.E. T1 - Experimental and numerical determination of SAR and temperature distribution of a human endorectal coil for MR imaging of the prostate at 7T (903.) T2 - 16th annual ISMRM scientific meeting and exhibition 2008 : Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 3 - 9 May 2008 Y1 - 2009 SN - 978-1-61567-196-0 PB - Curran CY - Red Hook, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - El Ouardi, A. A1 - Streckert, J. A1 - Hansen, V. T1 - Efficient calculation of human exposure in front of base station antennas by a combination of the FDTD and Hybrid(2)-method T2 - Proceedings of the 16th International Zurich Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Topical Meeting on Biomedical EMC, Zurich, Switzerland, February 2005 Y1 - 2005 SN - 3-9521199-9-7 SP - 115 EP - 118 PB - ETH Zentrum CY - Zürich ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Alaydrus, M. A1 - Streckert, J. A1 - Hansen, V. T1 - Combination of the hybrid/sup [2]/-method and the FDTD-method for solution of boundary value problems with electrically large and high-resolution bodies T2 - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (IEEE Cat. No.02CH37313) 2002 : San Antonio, TX, USA, 16-21 June Y1 - 2002 SN - 0-7803-7330-8 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/APS.2002.1018209 SP - 278 EP - 281 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Alaydrus, M. A1 - Streckert, J. A1 - Hansen, V.W. T1 - Absorption rates inside human body due to radiated electro-magnetic fields of multi-band base station antennas. Boundary value problems with electrically large and high-resolution bodies T2 - 24th BEMS Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, 23 - 27 June 2002 Y1 - 2002 SP - 40 EP - 41 PB - Bioelectromagnetics Society CY - Frederick, MD ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Alaydrus, M. A1 - Streckert, J. A1 - Hansen, V.W. T1 - Base station antennas embedded in complex environments: rf exposure in controlled areas T2 - 23rd BEMS Annual Meeting, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, 49-50, June 2001 Y1 - 2001 SP - 49 EP - 50 PB - Bioelectromagnetics Society CY - Frederick, MD ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Streckert, J. A1 - Hansen, V.W. A1 - Stogbauer, F. ED - Hietanen, Maila ED - Jokela, Kari ED - Juutilainen, Jukka ED - Työterveyslaitos, T1 - Shielded RF-exposure system with an integrated LF-measuring system for in vitro experiments with cell-layers T2 - Proceedings of the Ebea 2001 : 5th International Congress of the European Bioelectromagnetics Association (Ebea) ; 6-8 September 2001, Marina Congress Center, Helsinki, Finland Y1 - 2001 SN - 9789518024401 SP - 67 EP - 68 PB - Finnish Institute of Occupational Health CY - Helsinki ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Streckert, J.R. A1 - Hansen, V.W. A1 - Lerchl, A. ED - Danesy, Dorothea T1 - Freely moving or restrained animals in bioelec-tromagnetic experiments - pros and cons T2 - AP 2000 : Millennium Conference on Antennas & Propagation, Davos, Switzerland, 9 - 14 April 2000 Y1 - 2000 IS - Band 1 SP - 489 PB - ESA Publications Division, ESTEC CY - Noordwijk ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Streckert, J. A1 - Hansen, V.W. A1 - Buschmann, J. T1 - RF exposure of non restrained animals in an overmoded radial waveguide T2 - 22nd BEMS Annual Meeting, Munich, Germany, 2000 Y1 - 2000 SP - 63 PB - Bioelectromagnetics Society CY - Frederick, MD ER -