Nadine Gdaniec1,
Peter Koken2, Peter Brnert3, Christian Stehning2,
Holger Eggers2, Mariya Doneva4, Alfred Mertins1
1University
of Lbeck, Lbeck, Germany; 2Philips Research Laboratories,
Hamburg, Germany; 3Philips Research Laboratory, Hamburg, Germany; 4Philips
Research Europe, Hamburg, Germany
A method for dual-contrast imaging of the abdomen within one breath-hold is proposed, that is able to cope with potential premature breathing-onset. Because of ultra-fast sequence switching the scans are performed quasi-simultaneously and without spatial misregistration. The first scan is sampled conventional one, while the second is adapted to the breath-hold capabilities of the patient. An adaptive sampling pattern was chosen that enables flexible scan termination. Shorter breath-hold duration comes as a compromise at the cost of lower resolution.
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