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Abstract #2507

Simultaneous Fat Saturation and Magnetization Transfer Preparation with 2D Small-Tip Fast Recovery Imaging

Feng Zhao1, Scott D. Swanson2, Jon-Fredrik Nielsen1, Jeffrey A. Fessler3, Douglas C. Noll1

1Biomedical Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; 2Radiology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; 3EECS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

We propose to do simultaneous fat saturation and magnetization transfer (MT) preparation with small-tip fast recovery imaging (STFR) which produces high SNR bSSFP-like images free of banding artifacts. This sequence requires much less SAR for MT preparation due to its much higher sensitivity to MT effect than regular non-steady-state MT sequence.

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