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Abstract #3546

Parallel imaging compressed sensing for MRI-only radiation dosimetry of post-implant prostate cancer brachytherapy

Jeremiah Sanders1, Steven Frank2, Hao Song1, Paula Berner2, Aradhana Venkatesan3, and Jingfei Ma1

1Imaging Physics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States, 2Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States, 3Diagnostic Radiology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States

Researchers recently demonstrated that both anatomical structures and implanted radioactive seeds can be visualized with high-resolution balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) imaging using positive-MRI-signal seed markers and an endorectal coil (ERC). However, ERC use is limited by cost, patient intolerance, and low clinical throughput. A previous preliminary study demonstrated that imaging without an ERC resulted in reduced image signal-to-noise ratio and reduced seed detection. In the current study, we investigated the feasibility of using parallel imaging compressed sensing to substantially accelerate the bSSFP acquisition and potentially enable MRI-only dosimetry of post-implant prostate cancer brachytherapy without an ERC.

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