Multi-Band Accelerated Pulse Sequences

The multi-band accelerated EPI sequences developed at CMRR are now available for use at other institutions on compatible Siemens scanners by C2P agreement with CMRR and Siemens.

These sequences and the accompanying reconstructions are being actively developed as key components of the Human Connectome Project.

The available sequence variants and supported software versions are listed below. If you are interested in obtaining these sequences, please contact Essa Yacoub for more information.

If you have executed a C2P agreement and have been given an access password, the sequence binaries can be downloaded here by selecting the desired release number.

Remote Accelerated Reconstruction

An optional remote reconstruction server is available which allows for the possibility of dramatically improving the image reconstruction speed for demanding studies.

This is currently only available by special request.

A description of the setup with sample timing results is available.

References:

1. Xu J, Moeller S, Strupp J, Auerbach EJ, Chen L, Feinberg DA, Ugurbil K, Yacoub E. Highly accelerated whole brain imaging using aligned-blipped-controlled-aliasing multiband EPI. In: Proceedings of the 20th annual meeting of ISMRM, Melbourne, Australia, 2012 (Abstract 2306).

2. Setsompop K, Gagoski BA, Polimeni JR, Witzel T, Wedeen VJ, Wald LL. Blipped-controlled aliasing in parallel imaging for simultaneous multislice echo planar imaging with reduced g-factor penalty. Magn Reson Med 2012;67(5):1210-1224.

3. Moeller S, Yacoub E, Olman CA, Auerbach EJ, Strupp J, Harel N, et al. 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. Magn Reson Med 2010;63(5):1144-1153.

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