Fu-Hsing Wu1, Edzer Wu2, Li-Wei Kuo2, Jyh-Horng Chen2, Tzi-Dar Chiueh3
1Interdisciplinary MRI/MRS Lab, , Department of Electrical Engineering,, Taipei, Taiwan; 2Interdisciplinary MRI/MRS Lab,, Department of Electrical Engineering,, Taipei, Taiwan; 3MicroSystem Research Lab,, Department of Electrical Engineering,, Taipei, Taiwan
Human lower limb images were successfully acquired with an acceleration rate of up to 8x by using wideband parallel imaging. The non-uniform multislice profile problem of this technique was successfully compensated to enhance the image quality of the outer slices. Also the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of this ultra fast imaging technique, wideband parallel imaging, was verified to be similar with that of gradient echo with GRAPPA.