Michael Burdumy1,
2, Matthias Echternach2, Bernhard Richter2, Jan
G. Korvink3, 4, Jrgen Hennig1, Maxim
Zaitsev1
1Medical
Physics, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; 2Department
of Musicians' Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany;
3IMTEK, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; 4FRIAS,
Freiburg, Germany
MRI has become a useful instrument to investigate movement patterns in the vocal tract during singing. In our study we present a new method to acquire and reconstruct images of the vocal tract during singing with an improved temporal resolution. We compare images from a Cartesian gradient echo sequence with images acquired with a radial gradient echo sequence. Data is reconstructed using a SENSE-like conjugated gradient method with low resolution sensitivity maps that are subsequently reconstructed directly from the echoes.