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Segmented simultaneous multi‐slice diffusion weighted imaging with generalized trajectories

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: PURPOSE: The purpose of this work is to develop and evaluate a single framework for the use of Cartesian and non-Cartesian segmented trajectories for rapid and robust simultaneous multislice (SMS) diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) at 3 Telsa (T). METHODS: A generalized SMS approach with intrinsic phase navigation using Multiplexed Sensitivity Encoding (MUSE) was developed. Segmented blipped-controlled aliasing in parallel imaging echo planar imaging (EPI) and z-gradient modulated spiral trajectories were examined using SMS DWI scans at 3T with a 32-channel head coil. RESULTS: The generalized SMS MUSE reconstruction framework was successful in significantly reducing artifacts for all trajectories. A DWI brain volume with a 67.5-mm height, 1.5-mm isotropic resolution, and 90 diffusion weightings was obtained in a scan time of 6 minutes. CONCLUSION: The MUSE technique can be generalized to allow for reconstruction of both Cartesian and non-Cartesian segmented trajectories. Magn Reson Med 78:1476-1481, 2017. © 2016 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

Source: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26545

Authors: Michael Herbst, Weiran Deng, Thomas Ernst, V. Andrew Stenger

Institutions: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Hawaii System, University of Freiburg, University Medical Center Freiburg

Language: English

Topic: Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering