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## Abstract High‐resolution MRA with phase/frequency flow compensation may require very long echo times (TEs). Variable TE (VTE) was implemented into flow‐compensated 3D TOF to minimize the effective TE and reduce the flow‐related signal void. The __k__‐space of the 3D TOF was divided into segment groups ranging from two to 32 segments with different TEs. The TEs were minimized and the flow‐compensation gradient lobes were calculated to null the total first moment at the peak of the echo for each segment. Possible artifacts and off‐resonance effects were evaluated, with respect to the number of TE segments, using the point spread function (PSF) and corresponding experiments. The optimal number of TE segments for the least artifact was determined to be one‐half of the number of slices. Two types of artifacts caused by VTE were predicted and subsequently observed. The developed pulse sequence 3D TOF‐VTE was tested on clinical MRI systems, by performing scans of the cervical carotid artery and intracranial carotid artery at the carotid siphon. The signal distribution near the bifurcation and the siphon was much more uniform with VTE, and the flow‐related signal loss was greatly reduce

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Author

Eun-Kee Jeong; Dennis L. Parker; Jay S. Tsuruda; Jong-Yun Won

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0740-3194)

Published

2002

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)