Radial turbo spin echo imaging

Fast MR imaging methods should provide a familiar contrast behavior at a reduced scan time. The multi‐spin echo approach (TSE) is one of the most promising techniques satisfying this condition. Although the data acquisition time is significantly reduced, image quality may still suffer from artifacts due to patient motion and flow. The radial turbo spin echo (rTSE) approach combines TSE methods and projection reconstruction (PR) techniques. In PR images, artifacts induced by patient motion or flow are known to have a different appearance with lower level of intensity. The contrast and artifact behavior of the rTSE approach has been investigated. The new technique has been applied to abdominal imaging with acquisition times shorter than 30 s and to heart imaging in combination with cardiac triggering.

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