> I'd like to scan EPI with clustered volume acquisition (Dave Langers,
Neuroimage 2007 .264-273;
> Zaehle T, Neuroimage 2007. 1195-1204).
> How can I implement the clustered volume acquisition sequence in the
Philips Intera 1.5 T MRI
> scanner?
This may depend on your scanner software version, and I'm not in that same
institute anymore, but I did my study on a 1.5T Philips scanner as well. I
know that there is an option to manually enter a list of dynamic
acquisition onset times, instead of regular acquisitions every x seconds. If
you want to do sparse repeated acquisitions, you could for instance use a
protocol with short duration EPIs, and enter times like
0:00
0:14
0:16
0:30
0:32
0:46
0:48
etc.
I remember that up to 63 entries could be entered, so you should be able to
construct 5-minute dynamic functional runs.
Hope this helps,
Dave Langers
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