seq=mr.Sequence(); % Create a new sequence object fov=260e-3; Nx=320; % Define FOV and resolution alpha=10; % flip angle sliceThickness=3e-3; % slice TE=8e-3; % TE; give a vector here to have multiple TEs (e.g. for field mapping) TR=20e-3; % only a single value for now Nr=256; % number of radial spokes Ndummy=20; % number of dummy scans delta= pi / Nr; % angular increment; try golden angle pi*(3-5^0.5) or 0.5 of it % more in-depth parameters % RF spoiling increment = 84° for smoother transient decay, https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.1910350216, 169° for diffusion independent rf spoiling in steady-state https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324455 rfSpoilingInc=84; % RF spoiling increment % set system limits sys = mr.opts('MaxGrad', 28, 'GradUnit', 'mT/m', ... 'MaxSlew', 120, 'SlewUnit', 'T/m/s', 'rfRingdownTime', 20e-6, ... 'rfDeadTime', 100e-6, 'adcDeadTime', 10e-6); % Create alpha-degree slice selection pulse and gradient [rf, gz] = mr.makeSincPulse(alpha*pi/180,'Duration',4e-3,... 'SliceThickness',sliceThickness,'apodization',0.5,'timeBwProduct',4,'system',sys,... 'use','excitation'); % Define other gradients and ADC events deltak=1/fov; gx = mr.makeTrapezoid('x','FlatArea',Nx*deltak,'FlatTime',6.4e-3/5,'system',sys); adc = mr.makeAdc(Nx,'Duration',gx.flatTime,'Delay',gx.riseTime,'system',sys); gxPre = mr.makeTrapezoid('x','Area',-gx.area/2-deltak/2,'Duration',2e-3,'system',sys); gzReph = mr.makeTrapezoid('z','Area',-gz.area/2,'Duration',2e-3,'system',sys); % gradient spoiling gxSpoil=mr.makeTrapezoid('x','Area',0.5*Nx*deltak,'system',sys); gzSpoil=mr.makeTrapezoid('z','Area',4/sliceThickness,'system',sys); % Calculate timing delayTE=ceil((TE - mr.calcDuration(gxPre) - gz.fallTime - gz.flatTime/2 ... - mr.calcDuration(gx)/2)/seq.gradRasterTime)*seq.gradRasterTime; delayTR=ceil((TR - mr.calcDuration(gxPre) - mr.calcDuration(gz) ... - mr.calcDuration(gx) - delayTE)/seq.gradRasterTime)*seq.gradRasterTime; assert(all(delayTR>=mr.calcDuration(gxSpoil,gzSpoil))); rf_phase=0; rf_inc=0; for i=(-Ndummy):Nr for c=1:length(TE) rf.phaseOffset=rf_phase/180*pi; adc.phaseOffset=rf_phase/180*pi; rf_inc=mod(rf_inc+rfSpoilingInc, 360.0); rf_phase=mod(rf_phase+rf_inc, 360.0); % seq.addBlock(rf,gz); phi=delta*(i-1); seq.addBlock(mr.rotate('z',phi,gxPre,gzReph)); seq.addBlock(mr.makeDelay(delayTE(c))); if (i>0) seq.addBlock(mr.rotate('z',phi,gx,adc)); else seq.addBlock(mr.rotate('z',phi,gx)); end seq.addBlock(mr.rotate('z',phi,gxSpoil,gzSpoil,mr.makeDelay(delayTR))); end end %% check whether the timing of the sequence is correct [ok, error_report]=seq.checkTiming; if (ok) fprintf('Timing check passed successfully\n'); else fprintf('Timing check failed! Error listing follows:\n'); fprintf([error_report{:}]); fprintf('\n'); end %% seq.setDefinition('FOV', [fov fov sliceThickness]); seq.setDefinition('Name', 'gre_rad'); seq.write('gre_rad.seq') % Write to pulseq file