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Abstract #2778

3D multiple overlapping-echo detachment (3D-MOLED) imaging for ultrafast simultaneous T2* and susceptibility mapping of whole-brain

Qinqin Yang1, Jie Chen1, Nuowei Ge1, Liuhong Zhu2, Zhigang Wu3, Zhong Chen1, Shuhui Cai1, Jianjun Zhou2, Jianhui Zhong4, and Congbo Cai1
1Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, 2Department of Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital (Xiamen), Fudan University, Xiamen, China, 3Clinical & Technical Support, Philips Healthcare, Shenzhen, China, 4Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States

Synopsis

Keywords: Quantitative Imaging, Relaxometry, QSM

Motivation: Current high-resolution T2* and susceptibility mapping techniques remain time-consuming or suffer from geometric distortion.

Goal(s): Our goal was to achieve distortion-free and time-efficient quantification of whole-brain T2* and susceptibility.

Approach: The multiple overlapping-echo detachment imaging (MOLED) method was extended to 3D acquisition for collecting more echoes for robust high-resolution parametric mapping. Single scan blip-up-down operation of two echo trains combined with deep learning reconstruction was used for distortion correction.

Results: 3D-MOLED enables high-quality T2* and susceptibility mapping in 32 seconds, comparable to conventional 3D-GRE in 12 minutes, with Pearson’s correlation coefficient of 0.983 and 0.986, respectively.

Impact: Distortion-free whole-brain T2* and susceptibility mapping at isotropic 1 mm3 resolution can now be achieved using our newly developed 3D-MOLED technique in only 32 seconds, which significantly improves the motion robustness of quantitative imaging in clinical examinations.

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