Abstract #0141

Slice with Non-Parallel Boundaries

Bu S. Park¹, M. J. Lizak², Y. Xiang¹, J. Shen¹

¹National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA; ²National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke (NINDS), NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA

Adiabatic pulses are widely used for spatial localization in MR spectroscopy because of their high immunity to RF inhomogeneity and excellent slice profiles. Since non-rectangular volume is often preferred in localized spectroscopy, here we optimized and experimentally tested a scheme that uses a time-varying gradient orthogonal to a stationary slice-selection gradient to generate slices with nonparallel boundaries.