Rapid (six minutes and under) neuroimaging protocols can improve patient throughput and scanner utilization, especially when accelerated using the relatively fast EPI readout. However, susceptibility-related image distortion in EPI has limited its useful spatial resolution (2-2.5mm) conventional, whole-body 3T MRI. A 3.5-fold faster slew-rate head-only gradient on a novel low-cryogen compact 3T scanner can provide an effective platform for twofold-faster EPI that achieves higher spatial resolution (1mm). The utility of rapid (under one minute) single- and multi-shot T2-weighted EPI on the compact 3T is evaluated and compared to routine T2-FSE imaging in patients with brain tumors and stroke.
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