More than 170 volunteers (patient subjects and normal controls) have been scanned since April 2016 following installation of a compact 3T MRI system with high-performance gradients (gradient strength=80mT/m, slew-rate=700T/m/s) at our institution. Despite peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) related concerns associated with the high-performance gradients, no or minimal PNS sensation has been reported, with the exception of three normal control subjects. To mitigate the effect of PNS in these and other especially sensitive subjects, a simple pulse sequence modification was developed. Two of the subjects who reported PNS from their initial exam were available to be re-imaged with the modified pulse sequence, and subsequently reported no PNS.
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