Tae Kim1,
Wanyong Shin2, Erik B. Beall2, Mark J. Lowe2,
Tiejun Zhao3, Kyongtae Ty Bae1
1Radiology,
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; 2Imaging
Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States; 3Siemens
Medical Solution USA, INC., Siemens MediCare Healthcare USA, Pittsburgh, PA,
United States
Multi-band (MB) excitation for data acquisition was successfully implemented into pulsed arterial spin labeling and evaluated on healthy volunteers at 3T. Perfusion quantification for MB excitation was highly comparable with that of a conventional perfusion acquisition. Our study demonstrates that the MB technique facilitates an accelerated acquisition of high resolution, whole-brain perfusion maps.