Aliasing, Off-Resonance Saturation, and Residual Signal Analysis for PCASL
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Introduction: Pulsed continuous arterial spin labeling (PCASL) was developed to provide improved label and control efficiencies and reduced RF dose compared to multi-slice CASL with a double adiabatic inversion (DAI) control, thus allowing PCASL to be used at high fields (1, 2). However, PCASL is susceptible to label and control plane aliasing and other artifacts related to the design of its label and control irradiations (1, 3). In this study, the aliasing, off-resonance saturation, and residual signals for PCASL were characterized to identify the optimal operational parameters for PCASL.
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