Abstract #0117

2D Navigated 3D Multi-Slab DWI at 1.3 Mm Isotropic Resolution

Mathias Engstrm¹, Roland Bammer², Stefan Skare¹

¹Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; ²Radiological Sciences Laboratory, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, United States

In this work we present a method to do diffusion weighted imaging at 1.3 mm isotropic resolution with full brain coverage, using multi-slab multi-echo spin echo-EPI. We also suggest a method on how to correct for diffusion gradient induced phase for multi-slab acquisitions along with slab profile intensity optimization.