Abstract #0546
High resolution GRE at 9.4T using spokes pulses
Desmond Ho Yan Tse 1,2 , Daniel Brenner 3 , Bastien Guerin 4 , and Benedikt A Poser 1
1
Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience,
Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands,
2
Department
of Radiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre,
Maastricht, Netherlands,
3
German
Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn,
Germany,
4
Martinos
Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General
Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Slice-specific spokes pulses were designed and applied
for high resolution GRE imaging at 9.4T. The problems of
SNR drop out and contrast variations due to RF
inhomogeneity which is typical at ultra high field were
mitigated by the spokes pulses. This led to improvements
in both SNR and contrast, which ultimately allows fine
vein structures in cortex to be observed in these high
resolution images.
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