A framework for motion correction of background suppressed arterial spin labeling perfusion images acquired with simultaneous multi‐slice EPI

When using simultaneous multi‐slice (SMS) EPI for background suppressed (BGS) arterial spin labeling (ASL), correction of through‐plane motion could introduce artefacts, because the slices with most effective BGS are adjacent to slices with the least BGS. In this study, a new framework is presented to correct for such artefacts.

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