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Abstract #0480

High-Resolution Single-Shot DTI of the in-vivo Human Heart Using Asymmetric Diffusion Encoding

Christian T. Stoeck1, Constantin von Deuster1, 2, Nicolas Toussaint2, Sebastian Kozerke1, 2

1Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 2Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

A single-shot DTI-SE approach employing asymmetric (ASY) Stejskal-Tanner diffusion encoding is presented addressing limitations of STEAM acquisition for diffusion tensor imaging of the in-vivo heart.

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