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Orthogonal CSPAMM (OCSPAMM) MR tagging for imaging ventricular wall motion


Abstract:

Tagged magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has the ability to directly and non-invasively alter tissue magnetization and produce tags on the deforming tissue [1], [2]. Since...Show More

Abstract:

Tagged magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has the ability to directly and non-invasively alter tissue magnetization and produce tags on the deforming tissue [1], [2]. Since its development, the Spatial Modulation of Magnetization (SPAMM) [2] tagging pulse sequence has been widely available and is the most commonly used technique for producing sinusoidal tag patterns. However, SPAMM suffers from tag fading which occurs in the later phases of the cardiac cycle. Complementary SPAMM (CSPAMM) was introduced to solve this problem by acquiring and subtracting two SPAMM images [3]. The drawback of CSPAMM is that it results in doubling of the acquisition time. In this paper, we propose a novel pulse sequence, termed Orthogonal CSPAMM (OCSAPMM), which results in the same acquisition time as SPAMM for 2D deformation estimation while keeping the advantages of CSPAMM. Different from CSPAMM, in OCSPAMM the second tagging pulse orientation is rotated 90 degrees relative to the first one so that motion information can be obtained simultaneously in two directions. A cardiac motion phantom, which independently models cardiac wall thickening and rotation in the human heart was used to show the effectiveness of the proposed pulse sequence.
Date of Conference: 30 August 2011 - 03 September 2011
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 01 December 2011
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PubMed ID: 22254366
Conference Location: Boston, MA, USA

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