Echo train shifted multi-echo FLASH for functional MRI of the human brain at ultra-high spatial resolution.

Abstract:

:This paper describes the development of a novel technique for functional MRI of the human brain at 0.135 microL resolution for a whole brain section. In comparison with conventional studies at 3 mm isotropic resolution or 27 microL voxel size, the method yields an improvement by a factor of 200. To achieve optimum image quality, the approach is based on a multi-echo fast low-angle shot (FLASH) sequence with unipolar traversals of k-space in the frequency-encoding dimension and echo train shifting to avoid amplitude discontinuities in the phase-encoding dimension. These strategies ensure a smooth point-spread function and eliminate image ghosting artifacts without the need for any phase correction or other post-processing. Signal-to-noise losses due to the considerably reduced voxel sizes are compensated for by single slice acquisitions, optimized bandwidths and an experimental four-channel shoulder coil matched to the posterior portion of the head. Multi-echo FLASH studies of the human brain (2.9 T, seven echoes, 200 Hz/pixel bandwidth, effective echo time 36 ms, acquisition time 6 s) at 300 microm resolution (no interpolation) and 1.5 mm slice thickness revealed robust activations in primary visual areas in response to binocular stimulation. The new method holds promise for refined studies of the columnar organization of specific brain systems and for functional assessments of the gray matter at laminar resolution.

journal_name

NMR Biomed

journal_title

NMR in biomedicine

authors

Voit D,Frahm J

doi

10.1002/nbm.998

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-12-01 00:00:00

pages

481-8

issue

8

eissn

0952-3480

issn

1099-1492

journal_volume

18

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