Continuously Moving Table Mr Imaging at 3t: a Comparison to 1.5t
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INTRODUCTION In the last years, continuously moving table (CMT) acquisition techniques have been developed to efficiently acquire extended Fields of View (FoV). Clinical relevance of these techniques, especially for cancer patients, has been reported [1-3] and CMT acquisitions are used in our daily clinical routine for metastases screening at 1.5T. However, 3T scanners are getting more and more popular due to the intrinsic higher signal-to-noise ratio. Regarding moving table acquisitions, CMT angiography at 3T is a current field of research [4,5]. In this abstract we want to demonstrate the feasibility of 3T CMT conventional imaging. Clinical relevant protocols like T1-weighted fat saturated gradient echo imaging and T2-weighted short tau inversion recovery turbo spin echo imaging have been implemented at a 3T system and compared to 1.5T.
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