Abstract #2698
Whole-brain Perfusion Measurements at 7T using Pulsed Arterial Spin Labelling and Simultaneous Multi-slice Multi-echo Echo Planar Imaging
Dimo Ivanov 1,2 , Benedikt A Poser 1,2 , Laurentius Huber 3 , Josef Pfeuffer 4 , and Kmil Uludağ 1,2
1
Department of Cognitive Neuroscience,
Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands,
2
Maastricht
Brain Imaging Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands,
3
Max
Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences,
Leipzig, Germany,
4
Siemens
Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany
Despite potential advantages of performing ASL at 7T,
its successful implementation poses significant
technical challenges related to SAR constraints and
B1-inhomogeneities. In this work, we propose a
combination of FAIR QUIPSSII labelling scheme, utilizing
optimized tr-FOCI inversion pulses, and simultaneous
multi-slice, multi-echo EPI readout for high-SNR
whole-brain perfusion measurements. This approach offers
high temporal resolution simultaneous CBF and BOLD
measurements that can find application in both
neuroscientific and clinical studies at 7T.
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