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Abstract #2059

Whole-Body STIR Diffusion-Weighted MRI in One Third of the Time

Alto Stemmer1, Wilhelm Horger1, Berthold Kiefer1

1Healthcare Sector, Siemens AG, Erlangen, Germany

This work describes a recently developed DW-EPI sequence with STIR fat suppression. The sequence utilizes an efficient IR interleaving scheme and thereby allows reducing scan times of whole Body DWI up to one third.

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