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Abstract #3177

Improving the Efficiency of Diffusion Spectrum MRI Through Radial Acquisitions in Q-Space

Fernando Emilio Boada1, Steven Yutzy2

1Radiology , New York University, New York, United States; 2Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

A sampling and reconstruction scheme for increasing angular resolution in Diffusion Spectrum Imaging is presented and demonstrated at 3T

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