This study we report about MRI of a fixed Dugong brain in a small bore pre-clinical MRI scanner. To enable the scanning of the brain that exceeds the sensitive scanner dimensions we propose a multi-slab imaging approach that uses an optimized image post-processing pipeline to merge independent slabs into a continuous high-resolution high-contrast 3D volume. We demonstrate that using this imaging and post-processing approach it is feasible to investigate relatively large objects in a pre-clinical scanner and retain full 3D information with the full benefit from the superior high resolution imaging capabilities of a high field pre-clinical scanner.
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