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Abstract #3475

Accelerated Free-breathing 3D Whole-heart Black-blood TSE Imaging

Giovanna Nordio1, Radhouene Neji2, Karl Kunze2, Rene Botnar1, and Claudia Prieto1
1Biomedical Engineering Department, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, 2MR Research Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare Limited, Frimley, United Kingdom

In this study we investigate the feasibility of a 3D turbo spin-echo imaging technique with variable flip angle combined with an undersampled Cartesian variable density trajectory (3D TSE-VDCASPR) for efficient whole-heart black-blood imaging. Data from five healthy subjects are acquired with the proposed 3D TSE-VDCASPR and the conventional 3D TSE with Cartesian GRAPPA. The proposed imaging 3D TSE-VDCASPR imaging technique allows for comparable black-blood imaging, with the advantage of reduce nominal scan time (4.6±1 vs 8.1±1.6 minutes ± seconds). Future work will investigate more advanced motion compensation and image reconstruction techniques in order to achieve predictable and fast scan time.

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