The spinal cord and surrounding cerebrospinal fluid undergo significant cardiac pulsations, which can influence the microscopic motion-sensitive diffusion preparation and cause signal void in the diffusion images. In this work, velocity-compensated diffusion-encoding gradient waveform was implemented in spinal cord diffusion imaging and the images are compared with traditional monopolar preparation and cardiac gating approaches. Results show that with velocity-compensated diffusion preparation, the spinal cord diffusion imaging shows fewer signal voids compared to the traditional monopolar diffusion preparation. Using velocity-compensated diffusion preparation without cardiac triggering can provide a new approach for spinal cord diffusion imaging.
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