Holger Eggers1, Christian Stehning1, Mariya Doneva1, Elwin de Weerdt2, and Peter Börnert1,3
1Philips Research, Hamburg, Germany, 2Philips Healthcare, Best, Netherlands, 3Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
3D Dixon TSE scans
essentially provide the same information as several conventional 2D TSE scans
in different orientation, without and with fat suppression. However, their
scan time is usually still too long for clinical practice. In this work, the
basic feasibility of accelerating a 3D Dixon TSE scan with PD weighting by a
combination of compressed sensing and parallel imaging was investigated in knee
imaging. Results obtained in half the scan time compared to the use of parallel
imaging alone are presented, which indicate that 3D Dixon TSE scans may become
as fast as current, conventional 3D TSE scans with fat suppression.
