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Abstract #3000

Impacts of Single Carrier Wideband Gradient-Echo Sequence in BOLD Contrast

Shih-Hsien Yang 1 , Yun-An Huang 2 , Tzu-Hao Harry Chao 3 , Der-Yow Chen 4 , Kuan-Hung Cho 5 , Li-Wei Kuo 6 , Jyh-Horng Chen 2 , and Changwei W. Wu 1

1 Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 2 Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 3 Department of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 4 Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, 5 Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, 6 Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan

The blood-oxygenation-level-dependent (BOLD) fMRI has been widely implemented to study brain functions. However, the BOLD contrast still suffers the low temporal resolution and low sensitivity. Here, we applied single carrier Wideband (WB) MRI technique on gradient echo imaging (GRE) sequence in fMRI studies, in order to reduce the scan time and enhance the T2* sensitivity. By examining the simulated BOLD contrast from different inhaled gas, this study demonstrated the reduced scan time and enhanced sensitivity of the Wideband MRI technique.

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