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Abstract #3767

Non-Rigid Motion-Corrected Averaging for Improved Pelvic MRI

Patrick J. Bolan1, Xiufeng Li1, Gregory J. Metzger1

1Radiology, CMRR, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States


While strategies for handling cardiac and respiratory motion are well established for cardiac and abdominal imaging, the aperiodic and non-rigid deformations from bowel contractions can limit the ability to perform high-resolution imaging in the lower abdomen and pelvis. This work assesses the feasibility of using a retrospective, non-rigid motion-corrected averaging approach to reduce the impact of involuntary motion on anatomical MRI of the pelvis.