Inhomogeneous magnetisation transfer (ihMT) is a contrast mechanism that has shown high specificity towards myelinated tissue. Contrast is typically generated using sequences comprising a preparation phase with several RF saturation pulses, followed by multiple readout periods for measurement. Here, we present a transient acquisition scheme that alternates between periods of multi-band and single-band RF pulses, to efficiently generate ihMT contrast during a single data acquisition. Since signal is transiently varying throughout, we use a dictionary-based low-rank inversion reconstruction method originally proposed for magnetic resonance fingerprinting. Simulation, phantom and human in-vivo experiments are included.
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