Removing bias and increasing dynamic range in DREAM flip angle mapping at 7T

Gunther Helms, Hampus Olsson, Mads Andersen

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Abstract

DREAM is an ultra-fast multi-slice B1+-mapping technique based on the single-shot STEAM sequence. To study noise and bias related to slice-profiles, DREAM B1+-maps at 3.75 mm resolution were acquired at 7T in phantoms and in human brain with nominal flip angles (FA) between 20° and 90° of the two STEAM preparation pulses. B1+ was decreasing at actual FAs above 50°; noise became apparent at actual FAs below 20° reducing dynamic range. By varying the preparation FA, this reliable range (20°<FA<50°) is shifted over a B1+ range from 20% to 250%. The FA map is constructed from overlapping B1+ maps after thresholding.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRemoving bias and increasing dynamic range in DREAM flip angle mapping at 7T
Place of PublicationBerkeley
PublisherInternational Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
Number of pages3
Volume27
Publication statusPublished - 2019 Apr 26
EventISMRM 27th Annual Meeting and Exhibition - Montreal, Canada
Duration: 2019 May 112019 May 16
https://www.ismrm.org/19m/

Publication series

NameProc Intl Soc Magn Reson Med
PublisherInternational Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine ISMRM
Volume27
ISSN (Electronic)1545-4428

Conference

ConferenceISMRM 27th Annual Meeting and Exhibition
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period2019/05/112019/05/16
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Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Medical and Health Sciences
  • Medical Engineering
  • Other Physics Topics

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