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Abstract #3654

Comparison of BOLD detectability of ‘multi shot EPI’ and ‘single shot EPI with GRAPPA’ at 7T

Guoxiang Liu1,2, Adnan Shah1,2, Takashi Ueguchi1,2, and Seiji Ogawa1,3
1NICT, Osaka, Japan, 2Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, 3Tohoku Fukushi University, Sendai, Japan

Synopsis

We compare the detectability of multi shot EPI (msEPI) and single shot EPI with GRAPPA (ssEPI-GRAPPA) using D-value maps to show the benefit of BISEPI (Block-Interleaved Segmented EPI) [1] for the same total acquisition time. D-values were derived based on the relationship between target effect, the significance level of detection, the number of time points (volumes), and tSNR [2]. The proposed D-value maps can be a useful quality assurance measure for determining the tSNR gain and activity detection performance of msEPI in comparison to ssEPI-GRAPPA in high-resolution fMRI at 7T.

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