Abstract #2944
3D Multi-Band Diffusion MRI
Iain P Bruce 1 , Hing-Chiu Chang 1 , Nan-Kuei Chen 1 , and Allen W Song 1
1
Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke
University, Durham, NC, United States
Despite many significant advances in the field of
high-resolution diffusion MRI, most current diffusion
imaging techniques are limited by low SNR and extensive
data acquisition times. To address these limitations,
this study presents a technique for combining
3-dimensional Fourier encoding with multi-band imaging
to acquire a volume of diffusion images with improved
SNR and shortened acquisition time. With the use of
simultaneous slice excitation, we were able to achieve
sufficiently high temporal resolutions while retaining
the high SNR of 3D MRI. It is anticipated that an
imaging protocol of this kind will enable a wide
adoption of high-resolution diffusion MRI.
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