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Abstract #1711

Optimal Control of the contrast in a MP-RAGE sequence: an application on the pelvis

Benoît Vernier1,2, Eric Van Reeth1,3, Marc Lapert2, Olivier Hamelin4, Olivier Beuf1, Hélène Ratiney1, and Frank Pilleul4
1CREATIS, Lyon, France, 2Siemens Healthcare SAS, Saint-Denis, France, 3CPE, Lyon, France, 4Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France

Synopsis

MRI contrast enhancement by Optimal Control is a new approach to design optimal magnetization preparation. This allows to maximize the contrast between target tissues characterized by their relaxation times. Recent numerical implementations have made possible the optimization of such preparation in a steady state sequence without full recovery between each repetition. This abstract demonstrates the contrast flexibility offered by this approach when combined with a MPRAGE sequence on pelvis imaging at 3T.

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