Abstract #2806

Efficient and Accurate Bloch-Based Simulation of Intra-Voxel Dephasing Using Multiple Isochomats and Magnetization Spatial Gradients

Zhipeng Cao¹, Christopher T. Sica², Giuseppe Carluccio³, Christopher Michael Collins³

¹Radiology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States; ²Radiology, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States; ³Radiology, New York University, New York City, NY, United States

A method for simulating intra-voxel dephasing in Bloch-based MRI simulation that is a hybrid of existing methods is introduced and compared to its predecessors. Results indicate much greater accuracy than either of the prior methods with little increase in computational resources.