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Abstract #2415

A Simple Acquisition Strategy to Remove Off-Resonance Blurring in Spiral Imaging

Samuel Fielden1, Xue Feng1, Craig Meyer1, 2

1Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States; 2Radiology, University of Virginia

Spiral imaging has been hampered by off-resonance blurring since its inception. Here we show that redundant spiral-in/spiral-out trajectories naturally correct for the most severe off-resonance artifacts in a simple way.

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