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Abstract #0970

Wavelet-Encoded MR Spectroscopic Imaging Incorporating Parallel Imaging to Further Reduce Acquisition Time: In-Vitro Results.

Yao Fu1,2, Hacene Serrai1

1National Research Council Institute for Biodiagnostics, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; 2Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada


We here report our recent phantom results using wavelet encoding (WE) combined with parallel imaging (PI, WE-PI) to acquire 1D magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI). Two sets of experiments are performed with the same acceleration factor (R = 2) and two different resolutions (N = 4 and N = 8). The results confirm that WE-PI reduces further the acquisition time by approximately the acceleration factor R, and preserves the spatial metabolite distribution with minimal loss of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) as compared to the WE-SI technique.

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