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Abstract #1274

Direct Virtual Coil for Dynamic MR Angiography and Perfusion

Kang Wang1, Scott K. Nagle2, 3, Scott B. Reeder2, 3, Philip J. Beatty4, Mahdi S. Rahimi3, Laura C. Bell3, Jean H. Brittain, Frank R. Korosec, 23, James H. Holmes1

1Global Applied Science Laboratory, GE Healthcare, Madison, WI, United States; 2Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States; 3Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States; 4Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada


Channel-by-channel (CBC) data-driven parallel imaging may suffer from long computation times for multi-phase dynamic imaging, which can limit its utility in a clinical setting. This is particularly problematic with high channel counts, large parallel imaging factors and large matrix sizes. This work demonstrates the feasibility of a recently developed Direct Virtual Coil (DVC) technique to reduce the computation time for parallel imaging in dynamic imaging applications.