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Abstract #4413

Simultaneous Bloch Siegert B1+ & T2 Mapping in One Experiment using a Multi Spin Echo Sequence

Volker Sturm1, Thomas Christian Basse-Lsebrink1,2, Thomas Kampf1, Guido Stoll2, Peter Michael Jakob1

1Experimental Physics 5, University of Wrzburg, Wrzburg, Germany; 2Neurology, University of Wrzburg, Wrzburg, Germany


A novel method for B1+ mapping based on the Bloch-Siegert (BLS) shift was recently introduced. BLS-based B1+ mapping employs off-resonant pulses before signal acquisition to encode B1 information into the signal phase. In the present study, BLS B1+ mapping was extended to CPMG-based Multi-Spin-Echo (MSE). Through only one experiment, this method simultaneously provides the data needed for B1+ mapping with the data necessary for T2-quantification. Ex vivo phantom and in vivo experiments were performed to investigate the proposed method.