Increased flexibility in GRASE imaging by k space-banded phase encoding

Feinberg, David A., Johnson, Gyln and Kiefer, Berthold (1995) Increased flexibility in GRASE imaging by k space-banded phase encoding. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 34 (2). pp. 149-155. ISSN 0740-3194

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Abstract

GRASE (GRadient and spin Echo) is an echo train imaging technique that combines gradient and RF refocusing. Although overall signal decay is with T2 and field inhomogeneity phase errors do not accumulate, the small residual phase errors are periodic with echo number. The echo order described previously eliminates the phase error periodicity in k space but instead creates periodicity in the T2 modulation function that can also cause artifacts. In addition, with this order, the effective TE must be half the echo train time, and asymmetric Fourier sampling is difficult to implement. A new method is described that greatly reduces artifacts due to T2 decay, permits greater control of T2 contrast, and lends itself to asymmetric Fourier sampling. Different time segments of the echo train are encoded with different bands of spatial frequency in k space (hence "k banding"). Both computer simulations and experimental results demonstrate improvements in GRASE images acquired by this method.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	grase,fast imaging,magnetic resonance imaging
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Cancer Studies Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Clinical Trials Unit
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	07 Oct 2015 15:00
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 01:17
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/54551
DOI:	10.1002/mrm.1910340204

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