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Abstract #5181

Improving Image Quality Using the Pause Function Combination to PROPELLER Sequence in Brain MRI: a brain phantom study

Kousaku Saotome1, Koji Matsumoto2, Yoshiaki Kato3, Yoshihiro Ozaki4, Motohiro Nagai3, Tomoyuki Hasegawa5, Hiroki Tsuchiya6, and Tensho Yamao1
1Department of Radiological Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan, 2Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan, 3Kameda General Hospital, Kamogawa-shi, Japan, 4Meiwa Hospital, Nishinomiya-shi, Japan, 5Hitachinaka General Hospital, Hitachinaka-shi, Japan, 6QST Hospital, Anagawa-shi, Japan

Synopsis

Motivation: Finding ways to use the PROPELLER sequence as an even more the robustness method to motion.

Goal(s): This study investigates whether repositioning the head after pausing during PROPELLER imaging, enhances image quality.

Approach: This study investigated whether image quality improved with repositioning the head after a pause during PROPELLER method with a brain phantom and driver system.

Results: We found that image quality improved at all rotational angles and that pausing multiple times was effective depending on the frequency of motion.

Impact: Incorporating a pause function into the PROPELLER method is expected to be clinically applicable as a practical means to further improve the robustness of the PROPELLER method to motion.

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