Abstract #1020

Simultaneous Proton and Hyperpolarized Carbon Imaging

Eric Peterson¹, Kang Wang², Krishna Kurpad³, Matthew Erickson², Ian Rowland³, Sean Fain^2,3

¹Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, United States; ²Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, United States; ³Radiology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, United States

Current hyperpolarized carbon protocols call for all of the scans to be performed in series, including the proton localizer and carbon metabolic image. The localizer image is typically acquired at a higher resolution than the carbon image, and eventually serves as an anatomical reference for the later carbon acquisition. By performing a simultaneous proton and carbon acquisition, several potential applications are possible such as continuous localization, motion tracking and compensation, or targeted excitation.