Iterative off-resonance and signal decay estimation and correction for multi-echo MRI

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Iterative off-resonance and signal decay estimation and correction for multi-echo MRI. / Knopp, Tobias; Eggers, Holger; Dahnke, Hannes; Prestin, Jürgen; Sénégas, Julien.

in: IEEE T MED IMAGING, Jahrgang 28, Nr. 3, 03.2009, S. 394-404.

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title = "Iterative off-resonance and signal decay estimation and correction for multi-echo MRI",
abstract = "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.",
keywords = "Algorithms, Artifacts, Brain, Computer Simulation, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Least-Squares Analysis, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Phantoms, Imaging, Journal Article",
author = "Tobias Knopp and Holger Eggers and Hannes Dahnke and J{\"u}rgen Prestin and Julien S{\'e}n{\'e}gas",
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AU - Knopp, Tobias

AU - Eggers, Holger

AU - Dahnke, Hannes

AU - Prestin, Jürgen

AU - Sénégas, Julien

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N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Algorithms

KW - Artifacts

KW - Brain

KW - Computer Simulation

KW - Humans

KW - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted

KW - Least-Squares Analysis

KW - Magnetic Resonance Imaging

KW - Phantoms, Imaging

KW - Journal Article

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JO - IEEE T MED IMAGING

JF - IEEE T MED IMAGING

SN - 0278-0062

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