Abstract #0350

30 brain MRI exams in 1 hour using a multi-contrast EPI sequence

Stefan Skare^1,2, Tim Sprenger^2,3, Ola Norbeck^1,2, Henric Rydén^1,2, Enrico Avventi^1,2, Lars Blomberg¹, Johan Berglund^1,2, Mikael Skorpil¹, Maria Sandell¹, and Mathias Engström³

¹Department of Neuroradiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³MR Applied Science Laboratory Europe, GE Healthcare, Stockholm, Sweden

An in-house developed multi-contrast EPI sequence producing six MR contrasts (T1-FLAIR, T2-w, DWI, ADC, T2*-w, and T2-FLAIR) was used as a fast brain MRI protocol. Seven healthy volunteers were scanned repeatedly to investigate how many brain MRI exams that can be performed over the course of one hour. With a net scan time of one minute and an additional minute for table movements and switch of subjects, it was possible to perform 30 brain MRI examinations in 1 h.

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