Sren Johst1,
2, Stephan Orzada1, 2, Anja Fischer1,
2, Lale Umutlu1, 2, Mark E. Ladd1,
2, Stefan Maderwald1
1Erwin
L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, University Duisburg-Essen,
Essen, Germany; 2Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and
Neuroradiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
Several different fat saturation (FS) techniques for single-shot fast spin echo (SSFSE) were compared at 7 Tesla, whereby the recently proposed Time Interleaved Acquisition of Modes (TIAMO) was used for the imaging portion of the sequence: A novel method using TIAMO (multiple fat-selective 90 RF pulses applied with alternating transmit RF modes), slice-selective gradient reversal (SSGR), and slice-selective smaller bandwidth refocusing pulses (SSB). SSGR performed best regarding FS, homogeneity of FS, and preservation of tissue signal intensity.