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Abstract #0117

2D Navigated 3D Multi-Slab DWI at 1.3 Mm Isotropic Resolution

MAGNA25Mathias Engstrm1, Roland Bammer2, Stefan Skare1

1Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; 2Radiological Sciences Laboratory, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, United States

In this work we present a method to do diffusion weighted imaging at 1.3 mm isotropic resolution with full brain coverage, using multi-slab multi-echo spin echo-EPI. We also suggest a method on how to correct for diffusion gradient induced phase for multi-slab acquisitions along with slab profile intensity optimization.

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