568-03-006 ISMRM Abstract

Feasibility of free-breathing liver T1 and T2 mapping using 3D radial phase-cycled balanced steady-state free-precession

Primary: Acquisition & Reconstruction - Quantitative Imaging: relaxometry, multi-parametric, MR Fingerprinting, and synthetic MRI

Secondary: Body - Liver

568-03-006 · MR Biomarkers of Hepatic Steatosis, Fibrosis, and Liver Disease · Wednesday, 13 May, 1:40 PM–2:35 PM · Digital Posters Row I

Keywords: Image Reconstruction Liver T1 T2 Mapping Pulseq Motion-corrected reconstruction

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Matteo Tagliabue ^1,2,3, Joseph G Woods^1,3, Berk Can Acikgoz^1,2,3, Nils Plähn^1,2,3, Eva S Peper^1,3, Verena Obmann³, Adrian Huber³, Naik Vietti-Violi⁴, Jessica Bastiaansen^1,3

¹Translational Imaging Center (TIC), Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine, Bern, Switzerland

²Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

³Department of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology (DIPR),, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

⁴Department of Radiology, CHUV | Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland

Presenting Author: Matteo Tagliabue

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