Abstract #2693

Warnking J, Pike G

BASSI pulses were parameterized to obtain low RF energy PASL label pulses with minimal contamination of static spins outside the label region as well as highly selective PICORE/QUIPSS II saturation pulses allowing for small label gaps. Contamination effects in a QUIPSS II PASL implementation based on these optimized BASSI pulses are assessed in an in vivo study. Residual contamination in the QUIPSS II/BASSI sequence is shown to be reduced by a factor of three, compared to a conventional PASL implementation.