Abstract #3208
High-resolution 3D EPI at 9.4 Tesla with parallel transmit B1+ field homogenisation
Benedikt A Poser 1 , Daniel Brenner 2 , and Desmond H Y Tse 1,3
1
Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience,
Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands,
2
German
Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn,
Germany,
3
Department
of Radiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht,
Netherlands
We show high-resolution 3D EPI acquisitions at 9.4T,
using kT-points excitation for B1+ homogenisation.
Remarkable image quality at 0.75mm isotropic resolution
is achieved across the whole-brain, whereas images
acquired in CP mode suffer considerably loss of signal
and contrast especially in central regions. The images
shown hold promise for application to high-resolution
BOLD fMRI, as well as fast structural imaging including
applications such as rapid quantitative susceptibility
mapping (QSM).
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