Abstract #3551
            Pulmonary Ultra-short Echo-time (UTE) Two-dimensional Radial Acquisition with Compressed Sensing: Preliminary Quantitative Results with Comparison to Thoracic CT
                      Weijing Ma                     1                    , Khadija Sheikh                     1,2                    , 						Jonathon Leipsic                     3                    , Harvey O Coxson                     3                    , 						David G McCormack                     4                    , Roya Etemad-Rezai                     5                    , 						and Grace Parraga                     1,2          
            
            1
           
           Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts 
						Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada,
           
            2
           
           Department 
						of Medical Biophysics, The University of Western 
						Ontario, Ontario, Canada,
           
            3
           
           Department 
						of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 
						British Columbia, Canada,
           
            4
           
           Department 
						of Medicine, The University of Western Ontario, London, 
						Ontario, Canada,
           
            5
           
           Department 
						of Medical Imaging, The University of Western Ontario, 
						London, Ontario, Canada
          
            
          We developed thoracic 32-channel ultra-short echo time 
						radial 1H MRI with compressed sensing to achieve 
						quantitative 1H signal intensity maps on a clinical 3T 
						scanner for quantitative measurements of the lung 
						parenchyma. Such measurements were directly compared in 
						healthy volunteers at different lung volumes and in 
						patients with COPD and bronchiectasis with 3He MRI 
						apparent diffusion coefficients, CT measurements of 
						tissue density and pulmonary function test measurements. 
						Compressed sensing UTE MRI was successfully implemented 
						at 3T and showed significantly improved SI measurements 
						acquired at expiration breath-hold that is safe and 
						practical for patients with chronic respiratory disease.
         
 
            
				
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