Abstract #3229

Optimized fast fat-fraction mapping in the knee using Signal Profile Asymmetries for Robust multi-Compartment Quantification (SPARCQ)

Adèle LC Mackowiak^1,2,3, Tom Hilbert^3,4, Giulia MC Rossi^1,3, Tobias Kober^3,4, and Jessica AM Bastiaansen¹

¹Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland, ²Department of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, ³Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology, Siemens Healthcare AG, Lausanne, Switzerland, ⁴LTS5, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

The Signal Profile Asymmetries for Robust multi-Compartment Quantification (SPARCQ) framework was recently developed and used to quantify water and fat content in tissues. Applying SPARCQ on bSSFP signal profiles obtained from phase-cycled acquisitions provided reliable fat fractions with a total scan time of 20:21min at low resolution. In this study, SPARCQ was accelerated and optimized for water-fat separation using numerical simulations and in vivo experiments to obtain a clinically acceptable protocol. Images and fat-fraction maps of knees at an isotropic resolution of (1.25mm)³ were obtained with a scan time of 7:12min.

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