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Abstract #2282

3D Density-Adapted Projection Reconstruction 23Na-MRI with Anisotropic Resolution and Field-Of-View

Armin M. Nagel1, Marc-Andr Weber2, Maya B. Wolf2, 3, Wolfhard Semmler1

1Dept. of Medical Physics in Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; 2University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; 3Dept. of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

This study employed a 3-D density adapted projection reconstruction sequence, which samples a rectangular cuboid. It was found to attain a full anisotropic resolution and FOV. 23Na-MRI of the human calf muscles and knee cartilage was conducted using a 7-Tesla whole body MR system with high in-plane resolution. The newly implemented sequence allowed for anisotropic FOVs and resolutions. All in all, it provided a better performance than spherical k-space sampling.

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