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Abstract #2687

Quantitative First-Pass Perfusion with Whole-Ventricle Coverage Using 3D Through-Time Spiral GRAPPA

Johannes Tran-Gia 1,2 , Jesse Hamilton 2 , David Lohr 1 , Kestutis Barkauskas 2 , Andreas M. Weng 1 , Herbert Kstler 1 , and Nicole Seiberlich 2

1 Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Wrzburg, Wrzburg, Germany, 2 Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

A technique is presented for the absolute quantification of myocardial perfusion in a 3D volume covering the whole ventricle using contrast-enhanced myocardial first-pass perfusion imaging. After the contrast agent injection, a highly accelerated 3D volume is acquired for each consecutive heartbeat using a saturation-recovery prepared FLASH sequence with a stack-of-spirals trajectory. After the acquisition, missing data are reconstructed by applying parallel imaging in all spatial dimensions. By applying a dual-bolus approach, an unsaturated arterial input function is determined, and absolute perfusion values are quantified in the entire myocardium.

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