In-room imaging and MR planning

How much can we push it?

90 o

90 o

RF

TR = 4 ms

Gx

• Maxing out gradients (heating) • Peripheral nerve stimulation • High bandwidths needed

signal

1ms 1ms 2ms

192 points

1 x 1 x mm Whole brain

125 slices

k y

192 lines

4 ms x 192 lines x 125 slices = 96 sec

Image space

k-space

k x