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Evaluation of respiratory liver and kidney movements for MRI navigator gating.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21182132     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: To determine the tracking factor by studying the relationship between kidney and diaphragm motions and to compare the efficiency of the gating-and-following and gating-only algorithms in reducing motion artifacts in navigator-gated scans.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Diaphragm and kidney motions were measured by using real-time TrueFISP sequences from 10 healthy human volunteers to determine tracking factors at different acceptance windows. Mean tracking factors were used to calculate mean residual errors and improvement factors for the gating-and-following and gating-only algorithms.
RESULTS: Mean tracking factors for ± 4, ± 6, ± 8 mm and full acceptance windows ranged from 0.6 to 0.7, with large interindividual variations. Acceptance rates increased as the size of the acceptance window increased (acceptance rate for a 4 mm window ∼50%). There was a greater reduction of motion errors by gating-and-following (maximum of 1.86 mm) than gating-only (maximum of 7.05 mm).
CONCLUSION: Mean tracking factors obtained in this study can be used as a guideline for using the gating-and-following algorithm in navigator-gated kidney scans. The gating-and-following and gating-only algorithms were quantitatively compared, and it was found that the former is more effective in reducing motion errors.
Authors:
Ruitian Song; Aaryani Tipirneni; Perry Johnson; Ralf B Loeffler; Claudia M Hillenbrand
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI     Volume:  33     ISSN:  1522-2586     ISO Abbreviation:  J Magn Reson Imaging     Publication Date:  2011 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-12-24     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9105850     Medline TA:  J Magn Reson Imaging     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  143-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Affiliation:
Department of Radiological Sciences, Division of Translational Imaging Research, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
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5 U54HL070590-06/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS

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