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Abstract #2713

Implementation of High-Performance Non-Linear O-Space Gradient Coil for Accelerated Neuroimaging

Leo K. Tam1, Gigi Galiana2, Andrew Dewdney3, William F.B. Punchard4, Kai-ming Lo4, Terence W. Nixon2, John Keiley4, Dana C. Peters2, Robert Todd Constable2

1Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States; 2Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States; 3Siemens AG Healthcare, Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany; 4Resonance Research, Inc., Billerica, MA, United States

An O-space imaging gradient head insert was installed and the first in vivo head images were taken with the system. Field purity was of primary concern during design and implementation, and it was found via simulation that up to 10% deviation in field shape was acceptable given appropriate inclusion of the generated field during algebraic reconstruction. The O-space non-linear imaging system promises an attractive paradigm for future neuroimaging studies.

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