Yongxian Qian1, Tiejun Zhao2, Yik-Kiong Hue1, Tamer S. Ibrahim1, Fernando E. Boada1
1Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2R&D, Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
This study presents a new approach which minimizes spiral image blurring on a whole-body 7T scanner. A combined use of multi-shot spirals and ultra-short echo time (UTE) acquisitions was implemented in this approach and high-resolution (0.22mm) brain images of healthy volunteers were obtained. These T1-weighted FID-based images clearly show the effectiveness of the proposed approach.