552-02-014 / 552-02-014 ISMRM Abstract

Analytical PDFF, water T1, and water T2 quantification using dual-echo phase-cycled bSSFP

Primary: Contrast Mechanisms - Fat & Fat/Water Separation

Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Quantitative Imaging: relaxometry, multi-parametric, MR Fingerprinting, and synthetic MRI

552-02-014 · Quantitative Imaging: Relaxometry, Multiparametric, MR Fingerprinting, and Synthetic MRI · Wednesday, 13 May, 1:40 PM–3:16 PM · Power Pitch Theatre 2

Keywords: Relaxometry Proton density fat fraction (PDFF) Asymmetric phase-cycled bSSFP signal profile Model-based reconstruction T1 and T2 mapping

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Nils Plähn^1,2,3, Joseph G Woods^2,3, Eva S Peper^2,3, Matteo Tagliabue ^1,2,3, Jessica Bastiaansen^2,3

¹Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

²Translational Imaging Center (TIC), Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine, Bern, Switzerland

³Department of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology (DIPR), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Presenting Author: Matteo Tagliabue

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