Kt-accelerated velocity-encoded black-blood MRI for quantification of myocardial motion at 3.0T
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The analysis of myocardial contraction and relaxation demands high temporal and spatial resolution. Therefore any significant improvement in imaging speed, without sacrificing image quality is welcome since more volume can be covered in the same time. In this contribution kt-Blast [1] was applied to accelerate phase contrast velocity-encoded black-blood functional imaging of the heart. The quantitative results of the motion analysis were compared to the results from the conventional technique.
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