High-Resolution J-Edited MRSI Using Multi-Slab Acquisition and Learned Subspaces

High-resolution mapping of GABA in the brain has long been desired by the neuroscience community. But it is still challenging due to several long-standing technical obstacles including low SNR, long scan time, and spectral overlapping. This work proposes an MRSI method integrating multi-slab EPSI acquisition, MEGA spectral editing, and subspace modeling to overcome these difficulties, successfully achieving 3D GABA and metabolite mapping (at 3.0×3.0×4.0 mm3 nominal resolution) in a 12-minute scan time.