Abstract #4289

Automatic Gradient Predistortion Applied to Clinical 2D-UTE

Kevin D Harkins¹, Mary Katherine Manhard^1,2, William A Grissom^1,2,3, and Mark D Does^1,2,3,4

¹Institute of Image Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States, ²Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States, ³Electrical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States, ⁴Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States

Transient gradient waveform errors can degrade MRI quality. This work presents an automatic implementation of gradient waveform predistortion, which has been applied to half-pulse excited 2D-ultrashort echo time imaging. The predistortion method reliably improves image quality and quantification of ultrashort T₂ species by reducing out-of-slice signal that contaminates half-pulse excited images.

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