title: Single-shot turbo spin echo acquisition for in vivo cardiac diffusion MRI.
abstract: Diffusion MRI offers the ability to noninvasively characterize the microstructure of myocardium tissue and detect disease related pathology in cardiovascular examination. This study investigates the feasibility of in vivo cardiac diffusion MRI under free-breathing condition. A high-speed imaging technique, correlation imaging, is used to enable single-shot turbo spin echo for free-breathing cardiac data acquisition. The obtained in vivo cardiac diffusion-weighted images illustrate robust image quality and minor geometry distortions. The resultant diffusion scalar maps show reliable quantitative values consistent with those previously published in the literature. It is demonstrated that this technique has the potential for in vivo free-breathing cardiac diffusion MRI.
authors.forename: Masoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Edalati
authors.forename: Gregory R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.lastname: Hui Wang
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Yu Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D064368:Healthy Volunteers; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D012119:Respiration; D059629:Signal-To-Noise Ratio