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View Angle Tilting for Distortion Compensated EPI: Effects of RF Pulse Width on Image Blurring and Slice Profile

Cheng Li1, Felix Wehrli1, Hee Kwon Song1

1Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

This work describes the implementation of the VAT methodology for EPI sequences as a means to eliminate in-plane distortions. Results demonstrate that a relatively long RF pulse, on the order of the duration of the total EPI readout period, is necessary to minimize image blurring. However, the reduced in-plane blurring is achieved at the cost of increased slice profile distortion.

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