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Abstract #2711

Design and Validation of a Minimum Time Verse Pulse for 4D Flow MRI

Patrick Magrath1,2, Eric Aliotta1,3, Shams Rashid1, Yutaka Natsuaki4, Xiaoming Bi4, Zhe Wang1,2, Kyung Sung1,2,3, Peng Hu1,2,3, Holden Wu1,2,3, and Daniel B Ennis1,2,3

1Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 2Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 3Physics and Biology in Medicine IDP, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 4Siemens Healthcare, Los Angeles, CA, United States

4D-flow MRI is used to quantify blood flow in a variety of neurovascular pathologies including intracranial aneurysms [1], but is limited by long scan times as well as moderate spatial and temporal resolution. Conventional RF pulses have poor slab profiles that contribute to low sequence efficiency by increasing the field-of-view needed to avoid aliasing in the slab direction. Our objectives were to design a minimum time, high Time Bandwith Product (TBW) VERSE pulse for 4D flow and to validate the improvement in sequence efficiency, confirm flow accuracy, and evaluate total SAR deposition for VERSE+4D-flow compared to our clinical 4D flow imaging protocol.

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