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Abstract #1945

Spectrally-Selective IR Diffusion-Weighted Imaging with SSFP of Bone Marrow at 3T

Yousef Mazaheri1, Jan Grimm2, Ersin Bayram3, David M. Panicek2, Jason A. Koutcher1, Hedvig Hricak2

1Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; 2Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; 3GE Healthcare, Wakesau, WI, USA


The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of diffusion-weighted imaging of bone marrow with a spectrally selective IR pulse SSFP sequence at 3T. The effectiveness of diffusion measurements with this technique was shown on phantoms and in vivo.