Re
spiratory compensation reduces motion artifacts due to breathing. The approach is to reassign the echoes that are sensitive to re
spiratory motion in the central region of
k-space. The outer lines of
phase encoding normally contain the echoes where the motion from expiration is the greatest. The central portion of
k-space will have encoded the echoes where in
spiration and expiration are minimal. By a bellows
device fixed to the abdomen, monitoring of the diaphragm excursion is possible. Re
spiratory compensation does not increase
scan time with most systems.
An advantage of very fast
sequences is the possibility of breath holding during the acquisition to eliminate motion artifacts.
Breath hold is commonly used on most abdominal studies where images are acquired using
gradient echo-based
sequences during a brief in
spiratory period (20-30 seconds). To enhance the breath holding endurance of the patient, connecting the patient to oxygen at a 1-liter
flow rate via a nasal cannula has been shown to be helpful.
Also called PEAR,
Respiratory Trigger,
Respiratory Gating, PRIZE, FREEZE,
Phase Reordering.
See also
Phase Encoding Artifact Reduction,
Respiratory Ordered Phase Encoding.