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Abstract #3029

Pseudo-Continuous Arterial Spin Labeling Based Dynamic Angiographic Imaging with Decreased Number of Acquisitions

Onur Ozyurt1, Alp Dincer2, Ali Avci3, Cengizhan Ozturk1

1Biomedical Engineering Institute, Kandilli, Istanbul, Turkey; 2Acibadem University, Kozyatagi, Istanbul, Turkey; 3Siemens Turkey, Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey

Pseudo-Continuous Arterial Spin Labeling (pCASL) based dynamic angiographic images were obtained with decreased number of acquisitions. An efficient labeling based on Hadamard encoding were used replacing the conventional control-tag pair imaging.

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