Free-breathing liver perfusion imaging using 3-dimensional through-time spiral generalized autocalibrating partially parallel acquisition acceleration

• Published in: Investigative radiology Vol. 50; no. 6; p. 367
• Main Authors: Chen, Yong, Lee, Gregory R, Wright, Katherine L, Badve, Chaitra, Nakamoto, Dean, Yu, Alice, Schluchter, Mark D, Griswold, Mark A, Seiberlich, Nicole, Gulani, Vikas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Contrast Media; Female; Humans; Image Enhancement; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; Imaging, Three-Dimensional - methods; Liver - pathology; Liver Diseases - diagnosis; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Prospective Studies; Reproducibility of Results; Respiration; Young Adult

The goal of this study was to develop free-breathing high-spatiotemporal resolution dynamic contrast-enhanced liver magnetic resonance imaging using non-Cartesian parallel imaging acceleration, and quantitative liver perfusion mapping. This study was approved by the local institutional review board...