Edzer Lienson Wu1,2, Kuan-Hung Cho2,3, Tzi-Dar Chiueh3, Jyh-Horng Chen2,3
1Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; 2Interdiciplinary MRI/MRS Lab, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; 3Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
A Wideband diffusion tensor imaging is successfully performed to acquire two images in one single excitation. 2-slices are excited/acquired simultaneously using 2D Wideband modified pulse-gradient spin-echo sequence. The calculated diffusion tensors of the grapefruit are clearly displayed on the eigenvector map, and proven to be correct. The result of this study directly indicates a reduction of more than half the time for diffusion tensor imaging of large coverage such as whole brain DTI.