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Abstract #0673

Real-Time Cardiovascular PC Imaging Using Undersampled Radial FLASH & Nonlinear Inverse Reconstruction

MAGNA25Arun Antony Joseph1, Dirk Voit1, Klaus Dietmar Merboldt1, Martin Uecker1, 2, Shuo Zhang1, Jens Frahm1

1Biomedizinische NMR Forschungs GmbH am Max-Planck-Institut fr biophysikalische Chemie, Gttingen, Germany; 2Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, United States

A method for real time phase contrast imaging with highly undersampled FLASH and regularized nonlinear inversion reconstruction was developed. High temporal resolution of 42.5 ms per phase contrast map avoids the temporal and/or spatial averaging effect common in Cine Phase Contrast Imaging. Variations of flow parameters for through plane flow of the ascending and descending aorta with respect to individual heart cycles and respiration were analyzed.

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