Abstract #4939

Unambiguous Localization of Contrast Agents Via B0-Field-Cycling

Uvo Christoph Hoelscher¹, Steffen Lother¹, Florian Fidler¹, Matin Blaimer¹, Peter Jakob^1,2

¹Research Center Magnetic Resonance Bavaria (MRB), Wuerzburg, Germany; ²Department for Experimental Physics 5, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

This work presents a setup and analysis algorithm for unambiguous localization of contrast agents via a cycled magnetic field inside a clinical scanner. The algorithm detects contrasts agents with high relaxivity dispersion and suppresses signal from pure tissue. Data for the contrast agent Vasovist is shown and compared to theoretical results.