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Abstract #4313

High Field MR Spectroscopy of the Human Brain at Short TE and TR

Vincent Oltman Boer1, Jetse Sigiward van Gorp2, Peter R. Luijten1, Dennis Klomp1

1Radiology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; 2Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, Netherlands


A method for high resolution (5x5x10mm3) spectroscopy at 7T is proposed. A high resolution 2D-CSI measurement is combined with broadband adiabatic water and fat suppression. Therefore SAR-demanding outer-volume suppression can be omitted. High quality spectra can be obtained at 1 second TR and 1.5ms acquisition delay (TE).