Ultrafast T2 mapping using echo-split GRASE acquisition and parametric POCSMUSE reconstruction

Abstract

Our novel ultrafast T2 mapping framework, which uniquely integrates echo-split GRASE acquisition and parametric POCSMUSE reconstruction, has the following major advantages. First, parametric T2 map and high-quality multi-contrast images can be derived from a single set of single-shot GRASE data, with inherently low susceptibility to motion artifacts. Second, contamination of stimulated and other high order echoes is minimized in the echo-split GRASE scans. Third, T2 relaxation times can be accurately measured by the parametric POCSMUSE algorithm, which incorporates multiplexed parallel MR reconstruction and multi-echo-pathway signal modeling into a unified procedure.