A Flexible Graphite-Silicone Pad for Improved Fat Suppression in Cervical Spine MRI at 5 T via Passive B 0 Shimming.

In the screening volunteer under Volume shimming, the 4.5:100 pad reduced the posterior-neck field σ from 0.740 to 0.458 ppm, a 38% reduction at matched shim mode.

Residual hyperintense fat seen with the standard pad was no longer present on sagittal T 1 - or T 2 -weighted images, and the improvement extended to the supraclavicular region on coronal T 1 -weighted images.