Abstract #0231

Amide Proton Transfer (APT) Imaging of Brain Tumors using 3D Fast Spin-Echo Dixon Method: Comparison with Separate B0 Mapping

Osamu Togao¹, Akio Hiwatashi¹, Jochen Keupp², Koji Yamashita¹, Kazufumi Kikuchi¹, Masami Yoneyama³, and Hiroshi Honda¹

¹Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, ²Philips Research, Hamburg, Germany, ³Philips Electronics Japan, Tokyo, Japan

Recently, the FSE Dixon APT acquisition protocol with intrinsic B0 correction was developed and implemented on 3T clinical MRI scanners. This technique allows simultaneous acquisition of APT imaging and intrinsic B0 mapping without increasing scan time. In the present study, we demonstrated the quantitative performance of the 3D FSE Dixon APT imaging of brain tumors in comparison with the separate B0 mapping method.

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