Rapid high-resolution volumetric T1 mapping using a highly accelerated stack-of-stars Look Locker technique

To develop a fast volumetric T1 mapping technique. A stack-of-stars (SOS) Look Locker technique based on the acquisition of undersampled radial data (>30× relative to Nyquist) and an efficient multi-slab excitation scheme is presented. A principal-component based reconstruction is used to reconst...

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Veröffentlicht in:Magnetic resonance imaging 2021-06, Vol.79, p.28-37
Hauptverfasser: Li, Zhitao, Fu, Zhiyang, Keerthivasan, Mahesh, Bilgin, Ali, Johnson, Kevin, Galons, Jean-Philippe, Vedantham, Srinivasan, Martin, Diego R., Altbach, Maria I.
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Zusammenfassung:To develop a fast volumetric T1 mapping technique. A stack-of-stars (SOS) Look Locker technique based on the acquisition of undersampled radial data (>30× relative to Nyquist) and an efficient multi-slab excitation scheme is presented. A principal-component based reconstruction is used to reconstruct T1 maps. Computer simulations were performed to determine the best choice of partitions per slab and degree of undersampling. The technique was validated in phantoms against reference T1 values measured with a 2D Cartesian inversion-recovery spin-echo technique. The SOS Look Locker technique was tested in brain (n = 4) and prostate (n = 5). Brain T1 mapping was carried out with and without kz acceleration and results between the two approaches were compared. Prostate T1 mapping was compared to standard techniques. A reproducibility study was conducted in brain and prostate. Statistical analyses were performed using linear regression and Bland Altman analysis. Phantom T1 values showed excellent correlations between SOS Look Locker and the inversion-recovery spin-echo reference (r2 = 0.9965; p 
ISSN:0730-725X
1873-5894
1873-5894
DOI:10.1016/j.mri.2021.03.003