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Rapid chemical shift encoding with single‐acquisition single‐slab 3D GRASE
Author(s) -
Kim Hahnsung,
Kim DongHyun,
Sohn ChulHo,
Park Jaeseok
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
magnetic resonance in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.696
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1522-2594
pISSN - 0740-3194
DOI - 10.1002/mrm.26595
Subject(s) - spin echo , signal (programming language) , nuclear magnetic resonance , pulse sequence , slab , tracking (education) , flip angle , magnetic resonance imaging , chemistry , optics , physics , computer science , pedagogy , medicine , psychology , geophysics , radiology , programming language
Purpose To investigate the feasibility of chemical shift encoded, single‐slab 3D GRASE for rapid fat–water separation within a single acquisition. Methods The proposed method incorporates signal‐to‐noise‐ratio‐optimal chemical shift encoding into single‐slab 3D GRASE with variable flip angles. Chemical shift induced phase information was encoded in succession to different positions in k‐space by inserting phase encoding blips between adjacent lobes of the oscillating readout gradients. To enhance imaging efficiency, signal prescription‐based variable flip angles were used in the long refocusing pulse train. After echo‐independent phase correction, missing signals in k ‐echo space were interpolated using convolution kernels that span over all echoes. Fat–water separation in a single acquisition was performed using both multi‐echo fast spin echo and GRASE as compared to conventional multiacquisition fast spin echo with echo shifts. Results The proposed single‐slab 3D GRASE shows superior performance in accurately delineating cartilage structures compared to its counterpart, multi‐echo 3D fast spin echo. Compared with multiacquisition fast spin echo with three echo shifts (63 min), the proposed method substantially speeds up imaging time (7 min), and achieves 0.6 mm isotropic resolution in knee imaging with reduced artifacts and noise. Conclusion We successfully demonstrated the feasibility of rapid chemical shift encoding and separation using the proposed, single‐acquisition single‐slab 3D GRASE for high resolution isotropic imaging within clinically acceptable time. Magn Reson Med 78:1852–1861, 2017. © 2017 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.