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Homogeneous preparation encoding (HoPE) in multislice imaging.

Hans-Peter Fautz1, Klaus Scheffler, Jürgen Hennig

  • 1Department of Radiology, Section of Medical Physics, University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany. fautz@nz11.ukl.uni-freiburg.de

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
|November 6, 2002
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This study introduces homogeneous preparation encoding (HoPE) to achieve identical image contrast and point-spread function across multiple slices in MRI. HoPE overcomes relaxation effects for improved multislice imaging.

Area of Science:

  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  • Medical Physics

Background:

  • Fast magnetization preparation techniques in multislice MRI can lead to varied contrast across slices due to relaxation effects.
  • This contrast variation impacts image quality and diagnostic accuracy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel method, homogeneous preparation encoding (HoPE), for achieving identical contrast and point-spread function across all slices in multislice MRI.
  • To demonstrate HoPE's applicability in chemical shift selective fat saturation and time-of-flight (TOF) imaging.

Main Methods:

  • Encoding different preparation states along the phase-encoding direction of each slice, rather than acquiring slices in different preparation states.
  • Implementing HoPE by cycling slice excitation order or varying preparation timing within repetitions.

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  • Applying HoPE to FLASH sequences for fat saturation and TONE-like flip angles for TOF imaging.

    • Main Results:

    • Achieved homogeneous fat suppression across multislice volumes using FLASH sequences.
    • Demonstrated significant acceleration of conventional fat-saturated spin-echo imaging.
    • Obtained homogeneous TOF images from multislice acquisitions.

    Conclusions:

    • HoPE provides a general concept for obtaining identical contrast and point-spread function in multislice MRI.
    • The method enables homogeneous fat suppression and accelerates imaging techniques.
    • HoPE is a versatile technique applicable to various MRI sequences like fat saturation and TOF imaging.