Abstract #3718
            Designing a Hyperbolic Secant Excitation Pulse to Reduce Signal Dropout in 2D Gradient Echo Imaging at 7T
                      Stephen James Wastling                     1                    , Mark Symms                     2                    , 						Mauro Costagli                     3,4                    , Laura Biagi                     3,4                    , 						Mirco Cosottini                     3,5                    , Gareth John Barker                     1                    , 						and Michela Tosetti                     3,4          
            
            1
           
           Department of Neuroimaging, King's College 
						London, London, United Kingdom,
           
            2
           
           GE 
						Healthcare, Pisa, Italy,
           
            3
           
           Imago7, 
						Pisa, Italy,
           
            4
           
           IRCCS 
						Stella Maris, Pisa, Italy,
           
            5
           
           Department 
						of Translational Research and New Technologies in 
						Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
          
            
          A method of reducing signal drop-out in Gradient Echo 
						imaging using a Hyperbolic Secant pulse was developed 
						and tested at 7T. The coronal images showed reduced 
						signal drop-out in the brain-stem, inferior temporal 
						lobe, and the cerebellum, producing images of superior 
						visual quality in human subjects.
         
 
            
				
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