Naoharu Kobayashi1, Steen Moeller1,
Jang-Yeon Park2, Michael Garwood1
1Center for Magnetic
Resonance Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States; 2School
of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical & Health Science, Konkuk
University, Chungju, Korea, Republic of
A Bloch equation based algebraic reconstruction method applied to concurrent dephasing and excitation (CODE) with frequency-modulated (FM) pulse excitation is introduced. Compensation of the quadratic phase generated by FM excitation has been performed based on a linear approximation of the spin system. However, the actual spin system has non-linearity in its time evolution that is described by the Bloch equation. Therefore, incorporation of the non-linearity into the reconstruction method should improve the image quality. Here, we show the computer simulation and reconstructed images of experimental data acquired on a 16.4 T MRI system.