Eric Peterson1, Kang Wang2, Sean
Fain2,3
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.