Feasibility of highly accelerated high resolution two-dimensional T2-weighted MRIusing compressed sensing and parallel imaging in healthy kidney

When compared to SENSE 2, a clinical routine kidney T2WI protocol and hence the golden standard in this study, CS-SENSE with a 75% higher acceleration factor achieved comparable image quality, both qualitatively and quantitatively, while approximately halved the imaging time. CS-SENSE with acceleration factor 3.5 has the potential to replace the 2 fold SENSE acceleration as a clinical routine to increase patient comfort and throughput, which is especially beneficial for ultra-high resolution acquisitions which normally demands extended imaging time.