Wenbo Wei1, Guang
Jia1, David C. Flanigan2, Christopher C. Kaeding2,
Jinyuan Zhou3, Steffen Sammet1, Peter Arjan Wassenaar1,
Michael V. Knopp1
1Wright Center
of Innovation in Biomedical Imaging & Department of Radiology, The Ohio
State University, Columbus, OH, USA; 2Department of Orthopedics, The
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; 3Department of
Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
With a better B0 map acquisition in gagCEST imaging, an entire CEST spectrum is not necessary and total scan time can be reduced. In this study, B0 inhomogeneity correction using the dual echo B0 map with different δTEs was performed to compare to the minimum point correction in gagCEST imaging of clinical knee patients. It shows that with proper δTE B0 maps we are able to make reliable B0 inhomogeneity corrections to CEST spectra which enables gagCEST to be more feasible for clinical use.