Abstract #4236

Reducing Blurring while Controlling Contrast in Abdominal Imaging with Variable Flip Angle Single Shot Fast Spin Echo

LI Zhao¹, Manuel Taso¹, Daniel V Litwiller², and David C. Alsop¹

¹Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States, ²GE Healthcare, Global MR Applications and Workflow, New York, NY, United States

Single-shot fast spin echo is used clinically to provide fast, motion-robust abdominal images. However, signal decay along the echo train results in blurred images. Our previous work on optimal variable flip angle design demonstrated improved SNR on brain imaging. Here, we extend this framework to show simultaneous T2 blurring and contrast control in abdominal imaging with single-shot fast spin echo.

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