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Abstract #3742

Flip Angle Optimization for Continuous Flow-MRF Acquisition under Periodic Boundary Conditions

Sebastian Flassbeck1, Fabian Kratzer1, Simon Schmidt1, Lisa Leroi2, Mark E. Ladd1, and Sebastian Schmitter1,2
1German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, 2Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig and Berlin, Germany

Flow-MRF is a highly promising technique for rapid quantification of both relaxation times and time-resolved flow velocities. However, this method currently suffers from two major drawbacks, firstly a low efficiency since multiple shots are used and secondly strongly increased velocity noise for low velocities due to magnetization preparation pulses. This abstract targets both issues by presenting an optimized the flip angle (FA)-pattern for Flow-MRF, while assuming periodic boundary conditions.

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