Liver black blood (BB) images contribute to improved detection and characterization of focal liver lesions by suppressing vessel signals which show similar signal intensity to malignant lesions, and thus are highly desirable in clinical practice [1]. To achieve that, 2D low b-value DWI sequence is commonly used. However, the current image quality is still limited due to inherent limitations of EPI: poor SNR, low spatial resolution as well as blurring and ghosting artifacts from motion [2]. In this study, we aim to provide a 3D whole liver BB imaging solution which applies to patients with various respiration states. Specifically, a) respiratory triggered VISTA sequence and b) free breathing acquisition with GROWL reconstruction [3], which readily combines with existing BB preparation techniques [4-6], were proposed and validated.Respiratory triggered imaging VISTA (or SPACE), due to its inherent black-blood effects and fast imaging speed, has been increasingly applied in carotid and intracranial vessel wall imaging. However, it also suffers from incomplete blood suppression for slower flows and flows not parallel to its readout direction. To further attenuate signals from hepatic and portal veins as well as to preserve more static tissue signals, we combined the respiratory triggered VISTA sequence with an additional BB preparation. Free breathing imaging BB prepared 3D stack of stars golden angle radial was used for free breathing data acquisition. Images were reconstructed using GROWL algorithm to enlarge the sampled k space region and reduce streaking and blurring. MR Experiment 6 healthy volunteers were scanned on a Multiva 1.5T system (Philips Healthcare, Suzhou, China) with the proposed and optimized respiratory triggering and free breathing techniques. For respiratory triggered SPACE imaging: TR/TE shortest/18 ms, flip angle 90°, TSE factor 100, resolution 1.4 mm isotropic, SENSE factor P/S 2/1, scan time 2min 51s. Free breathing acquisition parameters were: TR/TE 5.9/2.6, flip angle 15°, voxel size 1.6x1.6x2.5 mm3, bandwidth 304 Hz/pixel, spokes per slice 560, scan time 2min 57s. Image Analysis Contrast to noise ratio (CNR) of the portal veins vs right anterior tissue was determined and compared for both techniques to validate the image quality of liver peripheral regions. All the images were evaluated in consensus by 2 radiologists.In both of the proposed respiratory triggered and free breathing imaging techniques, image contrasts of the peripheral liver regions were improved after applying BB preparation (Fig.1). Two of the six volunteers showed an unstable breathing behavior during scanning, and motion related blurring was observed in the respiratory triggered images, while the free breathing images were much less affected (Fig. 2). CNRs were greatly decreased for the respiratory triggered technique in cases of irregular breathing, compared to that of free breathing technique (Fig. 3).In this work, we proposed a within 3 min 3D whole liver black blood imaging solution including respiratory triggered and free breathing imaging techniques, which facilitates focal liver lesion detection. Our free breathing technique showed to be robust against respiration and is thus recommended for clinical usage. The respiratory triggered technique is advantageous in providing a relatively higher spatial resolution and SNR when the patient respiration is stable. More studies involving patients are underway to validate the diagnostic value of the proposed solution.