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Demonstrates motion-resistant abdominal T2 mapping using modified PROPELLER MRI, suggesting feasibility for robust quantitative tissue characterization.
Quantitative abdominal T(2) measurements may be useful for lesion differentiation and functional tissue characterization. However, T(2) mapping of the abdomen with conventional spin-echo (SE) and turbo-spin-echo (TSE) approaches can be challenging due to physiologic motion artifacts. Multishot TSE-based PROPELLER (Periodically Rotated Overlapping ParallEL Lines with Enhanced Reconstruction) can provide superior image quality due to reduced sensitivity to motion artifacts. With echo-reordering to accurately estimate effective echo times and an extended slice thickness ratio to reduce stimulated echo effects, a modified PROPELLER approach may permit accurate, robust abdominal T(2) measurements. We validated the accuracy of our modified PROPELLER T(2)-mapping approach by comparison to conventional SE measurements in a phantom model and demonstrated the feasibility of acquiring accurate, high-quality abdominal T(2) maps in normal volunteers.
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