Abstract
To evaluate an accelerated 4D flow MRI method that provides high temporal resolution in a clinically feasible acquisition time for intracranial velocity imaging. Accelerated 4D flow MRI was developed by using a pseudo-random variable-density Cartesian undersampling strategy (CIRCUS) with the combination of k-t, parallel imaging and compressed sensing image reconstruction techniques (k-t SPARSE-SENSE). Four-dimensional flow data were acquired on five healthy volunteers and eight patients with intracranial aneurysms using CIRCUS (acceleration factor of R=4, termed CIRCUS4) and GRAPPA (R=2, termed GRAPPA2) as the reference method. Images with three times higher temporal resolution (R=12, CIRCUS12) were also reconstructed from the same acquisition as CIRCUS4. Qualitative and quantitative image assessment was performed on the images acquired with different methods, and complex flow patterns in the aneurysms were identified and compared. Four-dimensional flow MRI with CIRCUS was achieved in 5min and allowed further improved temporal resolution of <30ms. Volunteer studies showed similar qualitative and quantitative evaluation obtained with the proposed approach compared to the reference (overall image scores: GRAPPA2 3.2±0.6; CIRCUS4 3.1±0.7; CIRCUS12 3.3±0.4; difference of the peak velocities: -3.83±7.72cm/s between CIRCUS4 and GRAPPA2, -1.72±8.41cm/s between CIRCUS12 and GRAPPA2). In patients with intracranial aneurysms, the higher temporal resolution improved capturing of the flow features in intracranial aneurysms (pathline visualization scores: GRAPPA2 2.2±0.2; CIRCUS4 2.5±0.5; CIRCUS12 2.7±0.6). The proposed rapid 4D flow MRI with a high temporal resolution is a promising tool for evaluating intracranial aneurysms in a clinically feasible acquisition time.
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