Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
607-03-006 ISMRM Abstract

Reduced-field-of-view sodium MRI with a simultaneous multi-slice differential multi-block presaturated UTE sequence

Primary: Contrast Mechanisms - Non-Proton
Secondary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Pulse Sequence Design and Spatial Encoding Methods
607-03-006 · New Pulse Sequences and Signal Modeling Designs · Thursday, 14 May, 4:00 PM–5:50 PM · Meeting Room 1.40
Keywords: Sodium Ultra-short Echo Time (UTE) Accelerated Acquisition Simultaneous Multi-slice (SMS) Reduced field-of-view
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Jason A Reich 1, Kevin D Harkins2,3,4, Rachelle Crescenzi2,3,4,5, Erin L MacMillan6, Rebecca E Feldman1,7
1Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States of America
3Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States of America
4Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States of America
5Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States of America
6Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
7BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States of America
Presenting Author: Jason A Reich

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