Abdallah G. Motaal1, Catharina S. de Jonge1, Wouter V. Potters1, Bram F. Coolen1, Aart J. Nederveen1, and Jaap Stoker1
Motility assessment
of the small bowel using dynamic MRI can only be acquired with either a limited
coverage of the intestines or relatively low temporal resolution, which
obscures details of motion during contraction and relaxation. Compressed
sensing and parallel imaging (CS-PI) techniques allow higher temporal
resolution imaging by acquiring and reconstructing undersampled acquisitions.
In this abstract we show that by using CS-PI, accelerations up to 7X could be
achieved, which outperforms conventional approaches based on parallel imaging
only. As a consequence, CS-PI provides a valuable tool for improved assessment
of small bowel motility.