Abstract #0957

Imaging near metal at 0.55 T using gradient-echo based sequences: Feasibility and Opportunities

Kübra Keskin¹, Brian A. Hargreaves^2,3,4, and Krishna S. Nayak^1,5

¹Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, ²Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, ³Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, ⁴Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, ⁵Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Synopsis

The large magnetic susceptibility difference between metallic implants and surrounding tissues causes severe MRI artifacts that scale with the B0 field strength. At conventional field strengths, spin-echo based multispectral imaging is used to mitigate this artifact and produce diagnostic images. At lower field strengths, such as 0.55 T, other strategies may be feasible. Here, we investigate gradient-echo based sequences for imaging near metal at 0.55 T, which provide high SNR efficiency and different contrast.

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