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Magnetic resonance imaging in real time: Advances using radial FLASH

✍ Scribed by Shuo Zhang; Kai Tobias Block; Jens Frahm

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
542 KB
Volume
31
Category
Article
ISSN
1053-1807

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Purpose

To develop technical advances for real‐time magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that allow for improved image quality and high frame rates.

Materials and Methods

The approach is based on a combination of fast low‐angle shot (FLASH) MRI sequences with radial data sampling and view sharing of successive acquisitions. Gridding reconstructions provide images free from streaking or motion artifacts and with a flexible trade‐off between spatial and temporal resolution. Immediate image reconstruction and online display is accomplished with the use of an unmodified 3 T MRI system. For receive coils with a large number of elements this process is supported by a user‐selectable channel compression that is based on a principal component analysis and performed during initial preparation scans.

Results

In preliminary applications to healthy volunteers, real‐time radial FLASH MRI visualized continuous movements of the temporomandibular joint during voluntary opening and closing of the mouth at high spatial resolution (0.75 mm in‐plane) and monitored cardiac functions at high temporal resolution (20 images per second) during free breathing and without synchronization to the electrocardiogram.

Conclusion

Real‐time radial FLASH MRI emerges as a simple and versatile tool for a large range of clinical applications. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2010. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc

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