To increase the acquisition efficiency for the averaged magnetization inversion recovery acquisitions (AMIRA) approach for spinal cord imaging, an interleaved multi-slice AMIRA implementation was developed. Utilizing a slice-selective adiabatic inversion pulse with optimized slice thickness, the interleaved multi-slice AMIRA sequence provides spinal cord imaging with the same high gray matter and white matter contrast and very similar image quality like the conventional AMIRA approach, however, in considerably reduced scan times per slice.
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