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Concatenations
Fig. 20.2
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Fig. 20.3a presents the setup for the acquisition of a T1-weighted sagittal
scan sequence of the brain. For the given TR a maximum number of 19 slices could
be acquired, thus not covering the entire brain. By applying two concatenations
(Fig. 20.3b), the number of slices can be adjusted to 30 allowing for appropriate
coverage of the brain for the given TR. Note, however, that the maximum number
of slices that could be achieved applying two concatenations in this instance was
38 (Fig. 20.3c). This exceeds by far the borders of the brain and demonstrates that
applying concatenations, although easy to do, may not be the most time efficient way
to achieve the desired number of images.
a b c
Fig. 20.3