Abstract #2016

Tuning Blipped CAIPIRINHA for simultaneous multi-slice (SMS) balanced SSFP cardiac imaging

Zakarya Bentatou^1,2,3, Stanislas Rapacchi^1,2, Thomas Troalen³, Maxime Guye^1,2, Monique Bernard¹, Alexis Jacquier^1,2,4, and Frank Kober¹

¹Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, CRMBM, Marseille, France, ²APHM, Hôpital Universitaire Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France, ³Siemens Healthcare SAS, Saint-Denis, France, ⁴APHM, Hôpital Universitaire Timone, Radiology Dept, Marseille, France

In this study, we used blipped-CAIPIRINHA simultaneous multi-slice (SMS) technique to 1) extend bSSFP coverage to 3 simultaneous slices and 2) apply it to cardiac T1 mapping. Tests were conducted on phantom and in six healthy volunteers. SMS blipped-CAIPIRINHA-bSSFP sensitivity to slice gap, slice thickness and pixel bandwidth was successfully established in terms of SNR. Native T1 quantification values over three levels of the heart (base, mid and apex) were reliable, accurate, and in line with the ones obtained with a regular single slice acquisition.

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