A fast navigator (fastNAV) for prospective respiratory motion correction in first-pass myocardial perfusion imaging

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PURPOSE: To develop and evaluate a fast respiratory navigator (fastNAV) for cardiac MR perfusion imaging with subject-specific prospective slice tracking.

METHODS: A fastNAV was developed for dynamic contrast-enhanced cardiac MR perfusion imaging by combining spatially nonselective saturation with slice-selective tip-up and slice-selective excitation pulses. The excitation slice was angulated from the tip-up slice in the transverse plane to overlap only in the right hemidiaphragm for suppression of signal outside the right hemidiaphragm. A calibration scan was developed to enable the estimation of subject-specific tracking factors. Perfusion imaging using subject-specific fastNAV-based slice tracking was then compared to a conventional sequence (ie, without slice tracking) in 10 patients under free-breathing conditions. Respiratory motion in perfusion images was quantitatively assessed by measuring the average overlap of the left ventricle across images (avDice, 0:no overlap/1:perfect overlap) and the average displacement of the center of mass of the left ventricle (avCoM). Image quality was subjectively assessed using a 4-point scoring system (1: poor, 4: excellent).

RESULTS: The fastNAV calibration was successfully performed in all subjects (average tracking factor of 0.46 ± 0.13, R = 0.94 ± 0.03). Prospective motion correction using fastNAV led to higher avDice (0.94 ± 0.02 vs. 0.90 ± 0.03, P < .001) and reduced avCoM (4.03 ± 0.84 vs. 5.22 ± 1.22, P < .001). There were no statistically significant differences between the 2 sequences in terms of image quality (both sequences: median = 3 and interquartile range = 3-4, P = 1).

CONCLUSION: fastNAV enables fast and robust right hemidiaphragm motion tracking in a perfusion sequence. In combination with subject-specific slice tracking, fastNAV reduces the effect of respiratory motion during free-breathing cardiac MR perfusion imaging.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:85

Enthalten in:

Magnetic resonance in medicine - 85(2021), 5 vom: 01. Mai, Seite 2661-2671

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mooiweer, Ronald [VerfasserIn]
Neji, Radhouene [VerfasserIn]
McElroy, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Nazir, Muhummad Sohaib [VerfasserIn]
Razavi, Reza [VerfasserIn]
Chiribiri, Amedeo [VerfasserIn]
Roujol, Sébastien [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Myocardial perfusion
Navigator
Prospective motion correction
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Respiratory motion correction
Slice tracking
Subject-specific tracking factor

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Date Completed 19.05.2021

Date Revised 05.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/mrm.28617

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318370956