Combined acquisition of diffusion and T₂*-weighted measurements using simultaneous multi-contrast magnetic resonance imaging.

ABSTRACT:

Object

In this work, we present a technique called simultaneous multi-contrast imaging (SMC) to acquire multiple contrasts within a single measurement. Simultaneous multi-slice imaging (SMS) shortens scan time by allowing the repetition time (TR) to be reduced for a given number of slices. SMC imaging preserves TR, while combining different scan types into a single acquisition. This technique offers new opportunities in clinical protocols where examination time is a critical factor and multiple image contrasts must be acquired.

Materials and methods

High-resolution, navigator-corrected, diffusion-weighted imaging was performed simultaneously with T₂*-weighted acquisition at 3 T in a phantom and in five healthy subjects using an adapted readout-segmented EPI sequen

SUBMITTER: Breutigam NJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9188537 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature