Abstract #0595

Continuous Motion Tracking and Correction Using NMR Probes & Gradient Tones

Maximilian Haeberlin¹, Lars Kasper¹, David Otto Brunner¹, Christoph Barmet¹, Klaas Paul Pruessmann¹

¹Electrical Engineering, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland

We propose to combine NMR field probes and gradient reference tones as a means to autocalibrate real-time slice tracking for head MRI. Being fully autocalibrated, the method needs no extra sequence parts for position determination and is very sensitive for typical readouts.