Simultaneous multislice (SMS) imaging techniques

M Barth, F Breuer, PJ Koopmans… - Magnetic resonance …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Simultaneous multislice imaging (SMS) using parallel image reconstruction has rapidly
advanced to become a major imaging technique. The primary benefit is an acceleration in …

Ultra-fast MRI of the human brain with simultaneous multi-slice imaging

DA Feinberg, K Setsompop - Journal of magnetic resonance, 2013 - Elsevier
The recent advancement of simultaneous multi-slice imaging using multiband excitation has
dramatically reduced the scan time of the brain. The evolution of this parallel imaging …

Pushing spatial and temporal resolution for functional and diffusion MRI in the Human Connectome Project

K Uğurbil, J Xu, EJ Auerbach, S Moeller, AT Vu… - Neuroimage, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract The Human Connectome Project (HCP) relies primarily on three complementary
magnetic resonance (MR) methods. These are: 1) resting state functional MR imaging …

Blipped‐controlled aliasing in parallel imaging for simultaneous multislice echo planar imaging with reduced g‐factor penalty

K Setsompop, BA Gagoski, JR Polimeni… - Magnetic resonance …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Simultaneous multislice Echo Planar Imaging (EPI) acquisition using parallel
imaging can decrease the acquisition time for diffusion imaging and allow full‐brain, high …

Evaluation of slice accelerations using multiband echo planar imaging at 3 T

J Xu, S Moeller, EJ Auerbach, J Strupp, SM Smith… - Neuroimage, 2013 - Elsevier
We evaluate residual aliasing among simultaneously excited and acquired slices in slice
accelerated multiband (MB) echo planar imaging (EPI). No in-plane accelerations were …

Multiband multislice GE‐EPI at 7 tesla, with 16‐fold acceleration using partial parallel imaging with application to high spatial and temporal whole‐brain fMRI

S Moeller, E Yacoub, CA Olman… - Magnetic resonance …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Parallel imaging in the form of multiband radiofrequency excitation, together with reduced k‐
space coverage in the phase‐encode direction, was applied to human gradient echo …

Recent advances in parallel imaging for MRI

J Hamilton, D Franson, N Seiberlich - Progress in nuclear magnetic …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is an essential technology in modern
medicine. However, one of its main drawbacks is the long scan time needed to localize the …

Improving diffusion MRI using simultaneous multi-slice echo planar imaging

K Setsompop, J Cohen-Adad, BA Gagoski, T Raij… - Neuroimage, 2012 - Elsevier
In diffusion MRI, simultaneous multi-slice single-shot EPI acquisitions have the potential to
increase the number of diffusion directions obtained per unit time, allowing more diffusion …

Interslice leakage artifact reduction technique for simultaneous multislice acquisitions

SF Cauley, JR Polimeni, H Bhat… - Magnetic resonance …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Controlled aliasing techniques for simultaneously acquired echo‐planar imaging
slices have been shown to significantly increase the temporal efficiency for both diffusion …

Image formation in diffusion MRI: a review of recent technical developments

W Wu, KL Miller - Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a standard imaging tool in clinical neurology,
and is becoming increasingly important for neuroscience studies due to its ability to depict …