Liheng Guo1, Antonio
J. Machado Segundo2, John A. Derbyshire3, John A.
Carrino2, Daniel A. Herzka4
1Biomedical Engineering,
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; 2Department of
Radiology & Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; 3Translational
Medicine Branch, DIR, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; 4Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
We propose a self-gated imaging method using navigator projections acquired at high spatiotemporal resolution and gated retrospective reconstruction, with the aim to provide high-quality kinematic joint imaging with minimal patient setup and no mechanical apparatus. Preliminary 2D imaging results of the knee in 3T have shown that the joint in motion can be clearly visualized from the automatically reconstructed cine.