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Abstract #1880

Combined RS-EPI and SAP-EPI for High Resolution Diffusion-Weighted Imaging

Murat Aksoy1, Samantha J. Holdsworth1, Rafael O'Halloran1, Roland Bammer1

1Center for Quantitative Neuroimaging, Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States


We propose a novel high resolution diffusion-weighted imaging sequence that combines readout-segmented (RS)-EPI and short-axis propeller (SAP)-EPI readouts. The RS-EPI image provides a high resolution diffusion-weighted image, whereas the SAP-EPI readout acts as a navigator for both the RS-EPI and SAP-EPI readout and is also used to form a second diffusion weighted image with a higher T2-weighting and thus additional diffusion-weighted contrast.

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