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Abstract #3173

The Effect of Coil Types and GRAPPA Acceleration in HARDI and Probabilistic Fibertracking

Javier Urriola Yaksic1, Nyoman Dana Kurniawan1, Aiman Al Najjar1, David C. Reutens1

1Centre for Advanced Imaging, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Increasing numbers of channels developed for parallel imaging have enabled higher image signal-to-noise ratio and faster acquisition time, while increasing image quality with a reduction of geometrical distortions in EPI sequences. However, little is known about the effects of coil type and acceleration factor to the accuracy of fibertracking of the whole brain.

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