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Abstract #4588

Motion-Corrected Single Shot Fast Spin-Echo MRI using Prospective Motion Tracking & Retrospective Super-Resolution Volume Reconstruction

Ali Gholipour1, Martin Polak1, Andre van Der Kouwe2, Erez Nevo3, Simon K. Warfield1

1Computational Radiology Laboratory, Children's Hospital Boston, & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; 2Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; 3Robin Medical, Inc., Baltimore, MD, United States


We have developed a novel motion-robust T2-weighted MRI scheme based on single-shot fast spin echo imaging, real-time sensor-based prospective motion tracking, and retrospective super-resolution volume reconstruction. This technique has a simple setup as it requires the attachment of a single miniature magnetic field sensor to the subject head and is platform independent. Quantitative evaluation results obtained for phantom and volunteer subject experiments show the efficacy of the developed technique. This technique enables motion robust imaging, and may enable a reduction in the use of sedation in imaging newborns, children and adults who cannot hold still in the scanner.