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Abstract #0303

Simultaneous Multi-Slab Echo Volume Imaging: Comparison in Sub-Second fMRI

Liyong Chen1, 2, David Feinberg, 23

1Advanced MRI Technologies, LLC, Sebastopol, CA, United States; 2Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States; 3Advanced MRI Technologies, Sebastopol, CA, United States

Simultaneous multi-slab EVI is proposed and compare to multi-slab EVI and multiplexed EPI in 200 ms TR whole brain coverage and shows promise of a new fMRI acquisition strategy.

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