Abstract #2582

Optimized Reconstruction for PROPELLER MRI

James G. Pipe¹, Nicholas Ryan Zwart¹, Michael Schar², Wende N. Gibbs³, John P. Karis³

¹Neuroimaging Research, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, United States; ²Philips Healthcare, Phoenix, AZ, United States; ³Neuroradiology, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, United States

A novel method for estimating motion from PROPELLER data is given. A modification to the original algorithm allows one to simultaneously solve for correlations between all blade pairs at the same time. Comparison to the original method shows a small but consistent improvement in image quality.