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Imaging Acquisition and Data Processing Hall C |
| W 1614. A New Subsecond Acquisition Scheme that Acquires within 1 Meausurement a T2 and a T1-weighted Image: Implementation and First Experience, H. Bosmans, S. Dymarkowski and G. Marchal, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium. |
| Th 1615. 3D RARE with a Projection Reconstruction Trajectory, E. Esparza-Coss, W.F. Block, F.R. Korosec, D.C. Peters and C.A. Mistretta, CINVESTAV, Mexico City, Mexico; Universidad de Guanajuato, Leon, Mexico and University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA. |
| M 1616. Signal-to-Noise Consideration in Static Displacement, Stimulated Echo NMR Elasticity Imaging, D.D. Steele, T.L. Chenevert, S.Y. Emelianov and M. O'Donnell, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. |
| T 1617. Measurement of Harmonic Motion for MR Elastography, J.B. Weaver, E. van Houten, M.I. Miga, F.E. Kennedy, A. Hartov, S.P. Poplack, H.M. Nagy and K.D. Paulsen, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA. |
| W 1618. Applications of Shifted-Interleaved Multi-Volume Acquisition (SIMVA) with Suppressed Slab Boundary Artifact, K. Liu, Y. Xu and M. Loncar, Picker International Inc., Cleveland, OH, USA. |
| Th 1619. Reduction in GR-EPI Intravoxel Dephasing Using Thin Slices and Short TE, A. Jesmanowicz, B.B. Biswal and J.S. Hyde, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA. |
| M 1620. Improved Fast Spin-Echo Imaging of the Heart using Zonal Selection, A Reduced Acquisition Window and Navigator Echoes, C.L. Charrier, P.D. Gatehouse and D.N. Firmin, Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College, London, UK. |
| T 1621. Echo Placement Strategies for 3D Interleaved-Cylindrical Spin-Echo Sequences, K. Ruppert and J.P. Mugler III, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA, USA. |
| W 1622. Electric Current Density Imaging of Wood by Alternating and Direct Electric Currents, U. Mikac, I. Serša, K. Beravs and F. Demsar, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
| Th 1623. Line Scan Imaging Using 2D-Selective RF Pulses, J. Finsterbusch and J. Frahm, Biomedizinische NMR Forschungs GmbH, Göttingen, Germany. |
| M 1624. Measurement of k-Space Trajectories using Excitation of Single Voxels, C. Oesterle, T. Thiel and J. Hennig, University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany. |
| T 1625. Dual-frequency Amplitude-Modulated BURST Imaging Based on Fast-SE, H. Itagaki, Y. Taniguchi, H. Ochi and K. Tsukada, Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. |
| W 1626. 3D-One-Shot-Imaging by Using Dual-Frequency Amplitude-Modulated BURST Imaging Method, H. Ochi, Y. Taniguchi, H. Itagaki and K. Tsukada. Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. |
| Th 1627. Rapid Multi-Slice Interleaved Spirals MR Imaging. S. Rosenthal, A. Montag and H. Azhari, Technion, Haifa, Israel and General Electric Medical Systems Israel - MRI, Israel. |
| M 1628. Simple Methods to Optimize a Two-phase RF Pulse Train in BURST Imaging, S. Urayama, T. Matsuda, H. Inoue, K. Hayashi, N. Yamada and C. Uyama, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan and Kyoto University and Rakuwakai Otowa Hospital, Kyoto, Japan. |
| T 1629. T2* Prepared Ultra Fast Low Angle Rare: Optimisation of Sequence Parameters for a Clinical MR Scanner, A. Stepney, G.J. Barker and M.R. Symms, University College London, London, UK. |
| W 1630. Implementation of a 3D Interleaved-Cylindrical Spin-Echo Sequence, K. Ruppert and J.P. Mugler III, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA, USA. |
| Th 1631. Three-Dimensional Spin-Echo-Train Proton-Density-Weighted Imaging Using Shaped Signal Evolutions, J.P. Mugler III, S. Bao, R.V. Mulkern, C.R.G. Guttmann, F.A. Jolesz and J.R. Brookeman, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. |
| M 1632. Empirical Optimization of Segmented Fast Cardiac Imaging Using an Echo-Planar Readout, F.H. Epstein and A.E. Arai, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. |
| T 1633. Fetal Brain MRI with TrueFISP: Theories and Results Compared with HASTE, H-W. Chung and C-Y. Chen, National Taiwan University and Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. |
| W 1634. Multiple View Real-Time Imaging for Dobutamine Cardiac Stress Tests on Clinical Scanner, S.E. Fischer, J.P. Groen, S.A. Wickline and C.H. Lorenz, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, USA and Philips Medical Systems, Best, The Netherlands. |
| Th 1635. A Variable Bandwidth Fast Spin Echo (VB-FSE) Sequence, M.C. Steckner, Picker International, Cleveland, OH, USA. |
| M 1636. PURR-TURBO: A Novel Pulse Sequence for Relaxographic Imaging, J-H. Lee, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA. |
| T 1637. Off-Centered Spiral Trajectories, C-M. Tsai, L-C. Man and D.G. Nishimura, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. |
| W 1638. Real-Time Black-Blood MRI, K.S. Nayak, J.M. Pauly, A.B. Kerr and D.G. Nishimura, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. |
| Th 1639. Amplitute Optimized Single-Shot-Hybrid-QUEST Imaging, R. Jereèiæ, M. Bock and L.R. Schad, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany. |
| M 1640. Respiratory Related Phase-sensitive EPI-Measurements of Pulsating CSF-Flow, C. Kiefer and U. Klose, University of Tübingen, Germany. |
| T 1641. Single Shot GRASE Sub-Second 3D imaging, D.A. Feinberg, M. McAvoy, J. Ollinger and R.C. McKinstry, Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA. |
| W 1642. Fluid Enhanced MRI: Comparison of T2 Weighted Imaging Between Fast Recovery Fast Spin Echo and Conventional Fast Spin Echo Techniques, K. Tomisato, H. Saitoh, K. Cho, K. Inoue, T. Tsuchihashi, M. Ishihara, Y. Kawamura, S. Okada, T. Kumazaki, A. Nozaki and Y. Takahashi, Nippon Medical School and GE-YMS, Tokyo, Japan. |
| Th 1643. A New Approach for the Simultaneous Determination of Skeletal Muscle Perfusion, Oxygenation and Energy Metabolism, J.S. Raynaud, P.G. Carlier, C. Wary, S. Duteil, A. Leroy-Willig and A. Nauerth, Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France and Bruker Medical, Ettlingen, Germany. |
| M 1644. Efficient Region of Interest Approximation for MR Image Acquisition, W.S. Hoge, D. Brooks, H. Lev-Ari, W.C. Karl, L.P. Panych and E.L. Miller, Northeastern University, Boston University and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. |
| T 1645. Generalization of the Fourier Sampling Theorem to Irregular Regions of Support, S.K. Nagle and D.N. Levin, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. |
| W 1646.
Fast, Automatic Slice Shimming Optimizing All First-Order
Shims, All In-slice Second- and Third-Order Shims, J. Shen, The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, USA and New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. |
| Th 1647. Object Dependent Phase Encoding Technique, Y.M. Ro, Information and Communication University (ICU), Taejon, Korea. |
| M 1648. A SMASH/SENSE Related Method Using Ratios of Array Coil Profiles, J. Wang and A. Reykowski, Siemens Medical Engineering, Erlangen, Germany. |
| T 1649. Real-Time Reconstruction for Sensitivity Encoded Magnetic Resonance Imaging, H. Eggers, M. Weiger, R. Proksa, K.P. Pruessmann and P. Boesiger, Philips Research, Hamburg, Germany; University of Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland. |
| W 1650. w-Space Adaptive Acquisition Technique for Magnetic Resonance Imaging from Projections, G. Placidi, M. Alecci and A. Sotgiu, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. |
| Th 1651. Moving Structure Segmentation and Encoding for Fast Cine Imaging, G.Z. Yang, J. Keegan and D.N. Firmin, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK. |
| M 1652. Phase-Sensitive IR Imaging and its Application for Tissue Segmentation, J. Ma, GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI, USA. |
| T 1653. Extending the Coverage of True Volume Scans by Continuous Movement of the Subject, O. Dietrich and J.V. Hajnal, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK. |
| W 1654. Spherically Symmetric Kernels for Improved Convolution Gridding, F.E. Boada, I. Hancu and G.X. Shen, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. |
| Th 1655. Rapid Reconstruction of 3D TRICKS Images, Y. Zhou, D.H. Skuldt and R. Frayne, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA. |
| M 1656. Isotropic k-Space Sampling Scheme for 3D Fast Spin Echo, E.G. Kholmovski, A.L. Alexander and D.L. Parker, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. |
| T 1657. Uniform K-Space Sampling with an Interleaved Fibonacci Spiral Acquisition, H.E. Cline and T.R. Anthony, General Electric Research and Development Center, Schenectady, NY, USA. |
| W 1658. Critical Sampling in k-space and the Point Spread Function, G.E. Sarty, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
| Th 1659. A Method to Separate Chemical Shift Images in Projection Reconstruction MRI, M.I. Altbach, R. Van de Walle, T.P. Trouard, R.J. Theilmann, H.H. Barrett and A.F. Gmitro, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA and University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium. |
| M 1660. Calculation of Pure Absorption Images from Spectroscopic Data Increases Image Contrast and Resolution, X. Fan, J.N. River, M. Zamora, C. Rinker-Schaeffer and G.S. Karczmar, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. |