Abstract #0837

SPRING-RIO TSE: 2D T2-Weighted Turbo Spin-Echo Brain Imaging using SPiral RINGs with Retraced In/Out Trajectories

Zhixing Wang¹, Steven Allen¹, Xue Feng¹, John P. Mugler², and Craig H. Meyer¹

¹Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States, ²Radiology & Medical Imaging, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States

This study presents a new approach to 2D TSE imaging using annular spiral rings with a retraced in/out trajectory, dubbed “SPRING-RIO TSE”, for fast T2-weighted brain imaging. Annular rings with retraced in/out segments offer benefits for reducing T2 decay induced artifacts and self-correction of moderate off-resonance effects. Phantom and human results show that high-quality T2-weighted images can be acquired with higher scan efficiency and reduced SAR, when compared with Cartesian TSE imaging.

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