Abstract #0585

Whole Brain FLAIR Imaging at 7T Employing Universal Pulses

Eberhard Pracht¹, Vincent Gras², Nicolas Boulant², and Tony Stöcker^1,3

¹German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany, ²NeuroSpin, CEA, Saclay, France, ³Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

In this work, we present a fluid suppressed Turbo-Spin-Echo sequence for ultra-high-field application. To obtain images comparable in contrast and homogeneity with 3T results, we replaced all RF pulses with universal parallel transmit k_T-point pulses. During the imaging session, no pulse calculations or complex B₁ shimming procedures are necessary, making this approach a promising tool for clinical application.

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