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Abstract #4231

GRAPPA acceleration of Cartesian magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) at 7T

Saba Shirvani1, Belinda Ding2, Iulius Dragonu2, and Christopher T. Rodgers1
1Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2Research and Collaboration UK, Siemens Healthcare Ltd, Frimley, United Kingdom

Synopsis

Keywords: High-Field MRI, MR Fingerprinting, Quantitative Imaging, Tissue Characterization, BrainMR fingerprinting enables for robust simultaneous quantitative parametric mapping and is usually performed with spiral acquisitions. These are particularly sensitive to B1 inhomogeneities and hence more susceptible at ultra high-field. To mitigate B1 inhomogeneity effects, we implemented a Cartesian MRF approach. Cartesian 2D data collection time is somewhat slow, and we overcome this by demonstrating the feasibility of GRAPPA acceleration for applications in phantoms and in vivo. We present a fully sampled Cartesian data set in a phantom and in vivo, and we present the performance of increasing GRAPPA acceleration factors to reduce scan time significantly, without compromising image quality.

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