Zero Echo Time Imaging Using Low Resolution k-Space Interleaves
Hanna Frantz1, Thomas Huefken1, Patrick Metze1, Kilian Stumpf1, Tobias Speidel1, and Volker Rasche1
1Department of Internal Medicine II, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
This abstract presents an approach that relies on the
interleaved combination of ZTE read-outs with different resolutions combined
with a Compressed Sensing reconstruction, to acquire more information around
the k-space center, for high-quality ZTE without prolonged acquisition times.
Figure 1: Coronal slice of a dedicated rubber phantom acquired at 15
mT/m gradient strength (A, B) and 24 mT/m (C, D). Images A and C were
acquired with the modified approach including the low-strength gradients.
Figure 3: Coronal slice of a wrist
acquired at 15 mT/m gradient strength (A, B) and 24 mT/m (C, D). Images A
and C were acquired with the modified approach including the low-strength
gradients.