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Abstract #3066

FAST T1 MAPPING: ACCURACY AND REPRODUCIBILITY OF VOLUMETRIC SEQUENCES FOR BRAIN RELAXOMETRY

Stefano Tambalo1,2, Alberto Finora2, Diego Cavalli2, and Jorge Jovicich1
1CIMeC, University of Trento, Trento, Italy, 2Department of Radiology, G.B. Rossi Hospital, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

The gold standard T1 mapping method is the Inversion Recovery (IR). Volumetric sequences such as MP2RAGE without or with compressed sensing (csMP2RAGE) allow faster T1-mapping, but potential biases are not well characterized. Here we investigated T1-mapping and test-retest reproducibility effects of sequence (IR, MP2RAGE, csMP2RAGE) and head RF coil (64 and 20-channel), both in-vitro and in-vivo. The 64-channel coil results are more accurate and reliable, showing good agreement with the gold standard and a beneficial reduction of scan time.

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