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Abstract #2690

kT-spokes: combining kT-points with spokes to ease ramp pulse design for TOF slab selection with parallel transmission at 7T

Gaël Saïb1, Vincent Gras1, Franck Mauconduit2, Alexandre Vignaud1, Denis Le Bihan1, Laurent Le Brusquet3, Nicolas Boulant1, and Alexis Amadon1

1CEA/DRF/Joliot/NeuroSpin/UNIRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 2Siemens Healthineers France, Saint-Denis, France, 3Laboratoire des Signaux et Systèmes, Université Paris-Saclay/CentraleSupélec/CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

TONE pulses counteract blood saturation through the imaged slab in TOF sequences, but their ramp profile is hampered by RF inhomogeneities at Ultra High Field. On the other hand, kz-spokes are known to compensate for in-plane B1+ heterogeneities in slice or slab selection. However, their design doesn’t address thru-slab heterogeneities. To address them, a new pulse type called “kT-spokes” is introduced. As TONE pulses, kT-spokes efficacy is demonstrated with pTx at 7T in comparison with mere equivalent kz-spokes.

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