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Abstract #0164

An Improved Susceptibility Weighted Imaging Method Using Multi-Echo Acquisition

Sung Suk Oh1, 2, Se-Hong Oh1, HyunWook Park3, Jongho Lee1

1Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; 2Department of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon , Korea; 3Department of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

We propose a novel method to remove image artifacts in susceptibility weighted imaging. The resulting image show no artifacts in orbitofrontal and temporal lobes.

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