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Abstract #2525

Hepatobiliary phase imaging using optimized integrated combination with parallel imaging and compressed sensing technique.

Nobuyuki Kawai1, Satoshi Goshima1, Kimihiro Kajita2, Tomoyuki Okuaki3, Masatoshi Honda3, Hiroshi Kawada1, Yoshifumi Noda1, Yukichi Tanahashi1, Shoma Nagata1, and Masayuki Matsuo1

1Department of Radiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan, 2Department of Radiology Services, Gifu University Hospital, Gifu, Japan, 3Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan

Gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI plays an important role in the assessment of hepatic diseases. Hepatobiliary phase image has an amazing tissue contrast for the lesions with or without functional hepatocytes, however, which is still challenging for patients with limited breath-hold capabilities. We assessed prototype sequence using optimized integrated combination with parallel imaging and compressed sensing technique (Compressed-SENSE) for liver imaging. Our results demonstrated that Compressed-SENSE technique enabled significant reduction of acquisition time without image quality degradation resulting in higher spatial resolution and excellent image quality compared with conventional method.

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