Whole brain snapshot CEST at 3T using 3D-EPI: Aiming for speed, volume, and homogeneity.

Sebastian Mueller Rüdiger StirnbergSuzan AkbeyPhilipp EhsesKlaus Scheffler Tony Stöcker Moritz Zaiss

Published in: Magnetic resonance in medicine (2020)

The suggested protocol enables whole brain coverage at 1.8 mm isotropic resolution and fast acquisition of 4.3 s per presaturation offset. For the fitted CEST amplitudes, high reproducibility was proven, increasing the opportunities of quantitative CEST investigations at 3T significantly.

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