Abstract #0671
Free-breathing cardiac DTI with simultaneous multi-slice excitation
Constantin von Deuster 1,2 , Christian T. Stoeck 2 , Martin Buehrer 2 , Jack Harmer 1 , Rachel W. Chan 3 , David Atkinson 3 , and Sebastian Kozerke 1,2
1
Division of Imaging Sciences & Biomedical
Engineering, King's College London, London, London,
United Kingdom,
2
Institute
for Biomedical Engineering University and ETH Zurich,
University and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland,
3
Centre
for Medical Imaging, University College London, London,
London, United Kingdom
A navigated, simultaneous slice excitation
implementation for accelerated free-breathing cardiac
diffusion imaging using STEAM is proposed. By using an
improved navigator gating strategy and dual-slice
excitation, significant gains in scan efficiency are
demonstrated. Diffusion tensor maps acquired using the
proposed method compare favourably with data from
conventional sequential slice breathhold acquisitions.
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