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Optimization of Compressed Sensing Acceleration Factors for Lumbosacral Plexus 3D MRI
Renwang PU1, Qingwei SONG2, Ailian LIU1, Hao nan ZHANG1, Nan ZHANG1, and Jiazheng WANG3
1the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China, 2the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, DALIAN, China, 3Philips Healthcare, BEIJING, China
Three-fold acceleration rate with compressed sensing reached an acceptable balance between imaging time and image quality for lumbosacral plexus 3D-T2*-FFE imaging, taking the traditional 2-fold SENSE acceleration as a gold standard, with the scan time cut by 43% from the baseline. 
one-slice images of the 3D-T2*-FFE.A:Coronal image of lumbosacral plexus.The areaof interest in the nerve and muscle. B: Conventional 3D-T2*-FFE with SENSE factor of 2.C-G: 3D-T2*-FFE with CS factors of 2, 3, 4,5 and 6, respectively. Data were collected from a healthy volunteer (male, 24 years old).
The scan parameters of 3D-T2*-FFE with SENSE factor of 2, 3D-T2*-FFE with CS factors of 2, 3, 4,5 and 6, respectively.