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Iterative off-resonance and signal decay estimation and correction for multi-echo MRI.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19244011     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Signal dephasing due to field inhomogeneity and signal decay due to transverse relaxation lead to perturbations of the Fourier encoding commonly applied in magnetic resonance imaging. Hence, images acquired with long readouts suffer from artifacts such as blurring, distortion, and intensity variation. These artifacts can be removed in reconstruction, usually based on separately collected information in form of field and relaxation maps. In this work, a recently proposed gridding-based algorithm for off-resonance correction is extended to also address signal decay. It is integrated into a new fixed-point iteration, which permits the joint estimation of an image and field and relaxation maps from multi-echo acquisitions. This approach is then applied in simulations and in vivo experiments and demonstrated to improve both images and maps. The rapid convergence of the fixed-point iteration in combination with the efficient gridding-based correction promises to render the running time of such a joint estimation acceptable.
Authors:
Tobias Knopp; Holger Eggers; Hannes Dahnke; Jürgen Prestin; Julien Sénégas
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  IEEE transactions on medical imaging     Volume:  28     ISSN:  1558-254X     ISO Abbreviation:  IEEE Trans Med Imaging     Publication Date:  2009 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-02-26     Completed Date:  2009-06-25     Revised Date:  2012-04-24    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8310780     Medline TA:  IEEE Trans Med Imaging     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  394-404     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Institute of Medical Engineering, University of Lübeck, 23538 Lübeck, Germany. knopp@imt.uni-luebeck.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Algorithms
Artifacts
Brain / anatomy & histology*
Computer Simulation
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Least-Squares Analysis
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Phantoms, Imaging

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