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Abstract #1103

Rapid 3D Whole-Brain High-Resolution T1 Quantification: Accelerating Standard Inversion Recovery with Stack-of-Spirals FLASH Acquisition

Zhen Hu1, Dan Zhu2,3, and Qin Qin2,3
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, 2F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States, 3The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

Synopsis

Keywords: Quantitative Imaging, Data Acquisition

Motivation: A rapid 3D whole-brain high-resolution T1 quantification using IR is desired but time-consuming.

Goal(s): Optimize IR protocols to make the acquisition faster with sufficient accuracy.

Approach: Conventional IR was accelerated using a long 3D stack-of-spirals FLASH readout. Its accuracy was evaluated by comparing protocols using varying saturation times with a reference 2D-EPI readout and with different undersampling factors.

Results: This study presented a method for 3D whole-brain 1mm-resolution T1 mapping using IR with stack-of-spirals FLASH acquisition under 3.6min, employing a short presaturation time, a long echo train, and a large undersampling factor.

Impact: This study demonstrates a 3D whole-brain 1mm-resolution IR-based T1 mapping method under 3.6min. The optimized IR technique was accelerated using a 3D SoS-TFL readout with a short presaturation time, a long echo train, as well as a large undersampling factor.

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