Sonic DL enables acquisition of cine images in a heartbeat at St Mary’s Hospital
St Mary’s Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, has four GE HealthCare MRI systems in its acute department, which accommodate a range of diagnostic examinations including cardiac MRI.
In January 2024, St Mary’s became the first UK site to install the latest AI for cardiac imaging, Sonic DL. Similar to AIR Recon DL, Sonic DL uses the neural network to generate images from highly under-sampled data, enabling the higher acceleration factors to significantly reduce scan times further.
MRI modality lead Candace Truskinger said: “Cardiac MRI can be challenging as there are many factors that lead to repeated sequences due to motion artefacts. Sonic DL has facilitated a paradigm shift in addressing these challenges, the ability to acquire cine images in a single heartbeat ideal for arrhythmia patients, and free breathing capabilities for paediatric and uncooperative patients. In instances where breath-holding proves unfeasible, free breathing cine acquisitions can be seamlessly executed, yielding diagnostically robust images.
Picture: MRI modality lead Candace Truskinger.
See the full report on page 19 of the August 2024 issue of RAD Magazine.
