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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Reproducibility of Electromagnetic Field Simulations of Local Radiofrequency Transmit Elements Tailored for 7 T MRI.

Max Joris Hubmann, Bilguun Nurzed, Sam-Luca Hansen, Robert Kowal, Natalie Schön, Daniel Wenz, Nandita Saha, Max Lutz, Thomas M Fiedler, Stephan Orzada and 5 more

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Max Joris HubmannFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Otto von Guericke University, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-7442-1675
Bilguun NurzedMax-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), 13125 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0552-4829
Sam-Luca HansenInstitute of Medical Physics and Radiation Protection, TH-Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences, 35390 Gießen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5353-5573
Robert KowalFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Otto von Guericke University, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9842-3700
Natalie SchönPhysikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), 10587 Braunschweig and Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5357-7642
Daniel WenzCIBM Center for Biomedical Imaging, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3216-7599
Nandita SahaMax-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), 13125 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8555-2477
Max LutzPhysikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), 10587 Braunschweig and Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0009-0001-1956-3757
Thomas M FiedlerGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1556-375X
Stephan OrzadaGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9784-4354
Lukas WinterPhysikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), 10587 Braunschweig and Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4381-275X
Boris KeilInstitute of Medical Physics and Radiation Protection, TH-Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences, 35390 Gießen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0805-8330
Holger MauneFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Otto von Guericke University, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2216-4319
Oliver SpeckFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Otto von Guericke University, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6019-5597
Thoralf NiendorfMax-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), 13125 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7584-6527

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SCHM 2677/2-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SCHM 2677/4-1European Regional Development Fund ZS/2019/02/97145European Regional Development Fund ZS/2023/12/18210European Research Council 743077Federal Ministry of Education and Research 13GW0473AiNAMES - MDC-Weizmann Helmholtz International Research School for Imaging and Data Science from the NAno to the MESo 0
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The literature reports on radiofrequency (RF) transmit (Tx) elements tailored for ultrahigh-field (UHF) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed confounded reproducibility due to variations in simulation tools, modeling assumptions, and meshing techniques. This study proposes a standardized methodology to improve reproducibility and consistency across research sites (testers) and simulation tools (testing conditions). The methodology includes detailed simulation workflow and performance metrics for RF Tx elements. The impact of the used mesh setting is assessed. Following the methodology, a reproducibility study was conducted using CST Microwave Studio Suite, HFSS, and Sim4Life. The methodology and simulations were ultimately validated through 7 T MRI phantom experiments. The reproducibility study showed consistent performance with less than 6% standard deviation for

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Electromagnetic FieldsMagnetic Resonance ImagingRadio WavesComputer SimulationHumansPhantoms, ImagingReproducibility of ResultsMRInumerical simulationsradiofrequencyreproducibilityRF transmit elementsultrahigh-field MRIvalidation

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PMID40293001
PMCPMC11945818

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