[Mristudio-users] DTI acquisition

[susumu mori]

I'm second to Jeff.

You should use iPAT. You can recover SNR loss by scanning longer but it's
very difficult to correct image distortion by B0 susceptibility.

My experience with Siemens mSENSE has not been very good and I always use
GRAPPA.

Susumu

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Jeff McIntosh <jeffm at mqmi.com.au> wrote:

>  Would always use the parallel imaging options for EPI scans especially at
> 3T. ****
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> There are numerous articles that validate these methods as been more
> preferable. Siemens does also have some literature that supports this.****
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> The main issue is the choice of technique, Siemens does emphasise the
> GRAPPA techniques as it does have fewer reconstruction artefacts but mSENSE
> may potential have a slight SNR advantage. You are using a SKYRA which is a
> great scanner it would be more beneficial if you are using the 32 Channel
> coil but take into account 3t has less SNR deep penetration so if you
> increase your parallel imaging factors to much your will strip out a
> disproportionality  large amounts of SNR centrally as compared to p*
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> mristudio-users-bounces at mristudio.org] *On Behalf Of *Joanne Lin
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> Hi MriStudio users,****
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> Apologies for this question that’s outside the analysis tools, but I was
> hoping to draw on your expertise regarding parallel imaging for DTI.****
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> I am starting a new trial and trying to decide on acquisition parameters.
> We are using a 3 T Siemens Skyra system and acquiring EPIs for DTI and task
> fMRI, along with T1-weighted MPRAGE.****
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> For parallel imaging (iPAT), there is the option to use GRAPPA or mSENESE –
> default is GRAPPA.****
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> I realise that acquisition times of EPIs are not directly affected by iPAT,
> however it is meant to improve geometric distortion around sinuses etc but
> at a cost – up to 30% signal loss.  I am having trouble deciding whether to
> leave iPAT off – more SNR but possibly more distortion, or is the trade-off
> for less distortion and less signal worth it?****
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> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.****
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