Abstract #3555

Continuous SWIFT on a whole-body 7T system: Initial phantom and in vivo images

Florian Maier¹, Manuela Rösler^1,2, Armin M. Nagel^1,3, and Reiner Umathum¹

¹German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, ²Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Simultaneous excitation and acquisition is a promising approach to acquire MR images using very low transmission power. This concept is also well-suited for imaging tissues and materials with ultrashort T2* relaxation times since no echo time exists. In this work, a cSWIFT hardware setup, pulse sequence, and reconstruction were designed for and implemented on a whole-body 7T system. Spectroscopy and imaging of phantoms and in vivo imaging of the human forearm were successfully performed. Feasibility of cSWIFT with the implemented setup was demonstrated.

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