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Abstract #2605

SEA Imaging Using a Dual Planar Array and Fourth Gradient Coil for Phase Compensation

MAGNA25John C. Bosshard1, Mary P. McDougall, 12, Steven M. Wright1, 2

1Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States; 2Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States

Single Echo Acquisition (SEA) imaging is performed using a fourth gradient coil to provide opposite coil phase compensation for dual-planar or "sandwich" arrays having an array plane directly above and below a sample, allowing simultaneous imaging of dynamic or single-shot events at the top and bottom boundaries of a sample.

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