Abstract #3208
            High-resolution 3D EPI at 9.4 Tesla with parallel transmit B1+ field homogenisation
                       Benedikt A Poser                       1                      , Daniel Brenner                       2                      , 						and Desmond H Y Tse                       1,3           
            
             1
            
            Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, 
						Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands,
            
             2
            
            German 
						Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, 
						Germany,
            
             3
            
            Department 
						of Radiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 
						Netherlands
           
            
           We show high-resolution 3D EPI acquisitions at 9.4T, 
						using kT-points excitation for B1+ homogenisation. 
						Remarkable image quality at 0.75mm isotropic resolution 
						is achieved across the whole-brain, whereas images 
						acquired in CP mode suffer considerably loss of signal 
						and contrast especially in central regions. The images 
						shown hold promise for application to high-resolution 
						BOLD fMRI, as well as fast structural imaging including 
						applications such as rapid quantitative susceptibility 
						mapping (QSM).
          
				
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