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Abstract #2539

Improving the robustness of pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling for renal perfusion imaging

Limin Zhou1, Yiming Wang1, and Ananth Madhuranthakam1,2
1Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States, 2Advanced Imaging Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States

Pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling (pCASL) has been the recommended ASL method for brain, and one of the two methods for kidneys. However, the reliability of labeling efficiency of pCASL is a major concern, especially in renal imaging due to the increased B0 inhomogeneities. In this study, we implemented and evaluated the optimized unbalanced pCASL gradient scheme generated by numerical simulation with both perfusion phantom and 4 healthy volunteers. The results showed that this optimized unbalanced pCASL gradient scheme was more robust to off-resonance than the corresponding balanced pCASL gradient scheme.

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