Parallel and nonparallel simultaneous multislice black-blood double inversion recovery techniques for vessel wall imaging |
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Authors: | Itskovich Vitalii V Mani Venkatesh Mizsei Gabor Aguinaldo Juan Gilberto S Samber Daniel D Macaluso Frank Wisdom Paul Fayad Zahi A |
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Affiliation: | Imaging Science Laboratories, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029-6574, USA. |
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Abstract: | PURPOSE: To reduce long examination times of black-blood vessel wall imaging by acquiring multiple slices simultaneously and by using parallel acquisition techniques. MATERIALS AND METHODS: DIR-rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement (RARE) techniques imaging up to 10 simultaneous slices per acquisition with single and multiple 180 degrees -reinversion pulses were developed. A slab-selective reinversion multislice DIR-RARE sequence incorporating generalized autocalibrating partially parallel acquisitions (GRAPPA) imaging was implemented. Four-channel and eight-channel carotid coils were built to test these sequences. A total of 11 subjects were studied. Contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) efficiency factor (SEF, SNR/unit time/slice) were measured from aortic images of three healthy subjects to determine optimal MR parameters. The DIR-RARE-GRAPPA sequence was run on aortas and carotid arteries of the five remaining healthy subjects and three atherosclerotic patients with optimal parameters (acquisition times 12-21 seconds). RESULTS: SEFs of slab-selective protocols were significantly higher than those of slice-selective protocols, and SEFs of DIR-RARE-GRAPPA protocols were significantly higher than corresponding non-GRAPPA protocols (P < 0.05). CNR was not significantly different for all imaging protocols. The DIR-RARE-GRAPPA multislice sequence showed 8.35-fold time improvement vs. single-slice DIR-2RARE sequence. CONCLUSION: Future MRI atherosclerotic plaque studies can be performed in substantially shorter times using these methods. |
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Keywords: | black‐blood DIR‐RARE GRAPPA vessel wall imaging phased‐array coil |
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