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Abstract #2806

Efficient and Accurate Bloch-Based Simulation of Intra-Voxel Dephasing Using Multiple Isochomats and Magnetization Spatial Gradients

Zhipeng Cao1, Christopher T. Sica2, Giuseppe Carluccio3, Christopher Michael Collins3

1Radiology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States; 2Radiology, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States; 3Radiology, New York University, New York City, NY, United States

A method for simulating intra-voxel dephasing in Bloch-based MRI simulation that is a hybrid of existing methods is introduced and compared to its predecessors. Results indicate much greater accuracy than either of the prior methods with little increase in computational resources.

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