We present 3D blipped spiral fmri at 7T with a fast TR of 0.54s. Compared to 2D spirals, the 3D nature allows parallel imaging in z direction and blipped sampling of multiple planes that accelerate acquisition time, while the inherent averaging of multiple shots retains sufficient SNR. Intershot field inconsistency due to breathing and trajectory changes due to gradient heating in this high duty cycle sequence are compensated by NMR probe-based concurrent field monitoring, recovering high image quality and tSNR. We show the feasibility for fmri with 3D blipped spirals in a visual paradigm.
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