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Abstract #3832

Direct Virtual Coil (DVC) Coil Combination for Non-Cartesian 4D Flow Imaging

Kang Wang1, Ann Shimakawa2, Kevin M. Johnson3, Philip J. Beatty4, Oliver Wieben3, 5, James H. Holmes1

1Global Applied Science Laboratory, GE Healthcare, Madison, WI, United States; 2Global Applied Science Laboratory, GE Healthcare, Menlo Park, CA, United States; 3Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States; 4Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada; 5Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States


Multi-channel non-Cartesian phase contrast imaging has been demonstrated with great capability for various 4D flow MRI applications. However, reconstruction latency has been challenging, as well as the need for a robust phase preserving coil combination algorithm. Among several recently reported algorithms, the Direct Virtual Coil (DVC) technique provides great potential to address both challenges simultaneously. This work is to demonstrate the usage of the DVC technique for non-Cartesian phase-contrast imaging, specifically, PC-VIPR.