Abstract #4497

Fast-Track Cardiac Diffusion Tensor Imaging with Compressed Sensing Based on a Novel Circular Cartesian Undersampling

Archontis Giannakidis¹, Gerd Melkus², Jing Liu², David A. Saloner², Sharmila Majumdar², Grant T. Gullberg¹,²

¹Radiotracer Development and Imaging Technology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States; ²Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

A novel 3D Cartesian under-sampling scheme is applied to reduce acquisition time in the Diffusion Tensor MRI of an excised rat heart. Results show that acceleration of factors up to 6 may be achieved without substantial impairment of accuracy.