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Abstract #0490

Plug-and-play Advanced Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Dinesh K Deelchand1, Pierre-Gilles Henry1, James M Joers1, Edward Auerbach 1, Young Woo Park1, Firat Kara2, Eva Ratai3, Kejal Kantarci2, and Gülin Öz1
1University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States, 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States, 3Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, United States

Synopsis

We developed an automated advanced-single-voxel MRS acquisition protocol at 3T to facilitate acquisition of high-quality spectroscopic data without local MRS expertise. Voxel-based B0 and B1 calibrations were incorporated into the consensus-recommended semi-LASER sequence and combined with automated voxel prescription. Automated B0 and B1 calibrations saved ~4.5min per voxel vs. manual calibrations. All spectra acquired with the automated protocol by rotating MR technologists were usable, while only 83% of those collected with the manual protocol were usable and spectral quality was more variable. The protocol allows automated acquisition of high-quality MRS data with high success rate on a clinical 3T platform.

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