Abstract #1151

High-Resolution 3D First-Pass Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

Anthony G. Christodoulou¹, Haosen Zhang², Bo Zhao¹, Qing Ye², T. Kevin Hitchens², Chien Ho², Zhi-Pei Liang¹

¹Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States; ²Pittsburgh NMR Center for Biomedical Research, Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

This abstract presents a novel method for performing high-resolution 3D first-pass myocardial perfusion imaging. Parallel imaging and sparse sampling are integrated to vastly improve the temporal resolution of first-pass myocardial perfusion imaging. The method is demonstrated in vivo in rats.