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Whole-heart, ungated, free-breathing, cardiac-phase-resolved myocardial perfusion MRI by using Continuous Radial Interleaved simultaneous Multi-slice acquisitions at sPoiled steady-state (CRIMP).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To develop a whole-heart, free-breathing, non-electrocardiograph (ECG)-gated, cardiac-phase-resolved myocardial perfusion MRI framework (CRIMP; Continuous Radial Interleaved simultaneous Multi-slice acquisitions at sPoiled steady-state) and test its quantification feasibility.

Methods

CRIMP used interleaved radial simultaneous multi-slice (SMS) slice groups to cover the whole heart in 9 or 12 short-axis slices. The sequence continuously acquired data without magnetization preparation, ECG gating or breath-holding, and captured multiple cardiac phases. Images were reconstructed by a motion-compensated patch-based locally low-rank reconstruction. Bloch simulations were performed to study the signal-to-noise ratio/contrast-to-noise ratio (SNR/CNR) for CRIMP and to study the steady-state signal under motion. Seven patients were scanned with CRIMP at stress and rest to develop the sequence. One human and two dogs were scanned at rest with a dual-bolus method to test the quantification feasibility of CRIMP. The dual-bolus scans were performed using both CRIMP and an ungated radial SMS saturation recovery (SMS-SR) sequence with injection dose = 0.075 mmol/kg to compare the sequences in terms of SNR, cardiac phase resolution and quantitative myocardial blood flow (MBF).

Results

Perfusion images with multiple cardiac phases in all image slices with a temporal resolution of 72 ms/frame were obtained. Simulations and in-vivo acquisitions showed CRIMP kept the inner slices in steady-state regardless of motion. CRIMP outperformed SMS-SR in slice coverage (9 over 6), SNR (mean 20% improvement), and provided cardiac phase resolution. CRIMP and SMS-SR sequences provided comparable MBF values (rest systolic CRIMP = 0.58 ± 0.07, SMS-SR = 0.61 ± 0.16).

Conclusion

CRIMP allows for whole-heart, cardiac-phase-resolved myocardial perfusion images without ECG-gating or breath-holding. The sequence can provide MBF if an accurate arterial input function is obtained separately.

SUBMITTER: Tian Y

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