Abstract #2679

3D Isotropic Brain Imaging Using Wideband MRI

Edzer Lienson Wu^1,2, Tzi-Dar Chiueh³, Jyh-Horng Chen^2,3

¹Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; ²Interdiciplinary MRI/MRS Lab, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; ³Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Using Wideband simultaneous multi-slab 3D MRI we have acquired a whole brain image with high isotropic spatial resolution of 0.78x0.78x0.78mm3 in only 8m11s. Acquisition time is reduced by 75% compared to conventional 3D MRI with same imaging parameters.