Accelerated mapping of magnetic susceptibility using 3D planes‐on‐a‐paddlewheel (POP) EPI at ultra‐high field strength

With the advent of ultra‐high field MRI scanners in clinical research, susceptibility based MRI has recently gained increasing interest because of its potential to assess subtle tissue changes underlying neurological pathologies/disorders. Conventional, but rather slow, three‐dimensional (3D) spoiled gradient‐echo (GRE) sequences are typically employed to assess the susceptibility of tissue. 3D echo‐planar imaging (EPI) represents a fast alternative but generally comes with echo‐time restrictions, geometrical distortions and signal dropouts that can become severe at ultra‐high fields.

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