FIESTA-ET: High-resolution cardiac imaging using echo-planar steady-state free precession

Glenn S. Slavin, Manojkumar Saranathan

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Abstract

This work describes a technique that combines multishot echo-planar imaging (EPI) with steady-state free precession (SSFP, also known as TrueFISP, FIESTA, and balanced FFE) for multislice, cine MR imaging of the heart. Unlike recently reported methods, the technique presented here (FIESTA-ET) is high-resolution and does not require offline reconstruction or post-processing. It is therefore suitable for use on standard clinical scanners. FIESTA-ET was compared with conventional FIESTA imaging in 10 volunteers and quantitative analyses of myocardial signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) and ventricular volumes were performed. While providing comparable image quality, FIESTA-ET required half the acquisition time per slice of conventional FIESTA. Because multiple slices could be imaged in a single breathhold, the entire heart could be scanned in less than 2 min. Although the FIESTA-ET images exhibited an unexpected increase (P < 0.0005) in myocardial SNR of 16% over FIESTA, the volumetric measurements showed excellent correlation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)934-941
Number of pages8
JournalMagnetic Resonance in Medicine
Volume48
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cine study
  • Echo-planar
  • Heart
  • MR
  • Magnetic resonance
  • Rapid imaging

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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