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Natural linewidth chemical shift imaging (NL-CSI).

Adil Bashir1, Dmitriy A Yablonskiy

  • 1Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
|May 25, 2006
PubMed
Summary

A new natural linewidth (NL) chemical shifting imaging (CSI) method reduces signal leakage caused by magnetic field inconsistencies. This technique improves spatial reconstruction accuracy in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

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Area of Science:

  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  • Spectroscopy
  • Biomedical Engineering

Background:

  • Discrete Fourier Transform (FT) reconstruction of chemical shifting imaging (CSI) data is prone to Gibbs ringing due to point spread function (PSF) effects.
  • Spectral localization by imaging (SLIM) reduces intervoxel signal contamination, but magnetic field inhomogeneities introduce additional signal leakage.
  • Both FT and SLIM methods are significantly affected by even minor magnetic field inhomogeneities, amplifying intervoxel signal leakage.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a novel CSI data acquisition strategy and reconstruction algorithm, termed natural linewidth (NL) CSI.
  • To eliminate intervoxel signal leakage and intravoxel phase dispersion caused by magnetic field inhomogeneities.
  • To ensure signal decay in CSI is solely determined by the natural R2 relaxation rate.

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Main Methods:

  • Developed a new CSI acquisition strategy and reconstruction algorithm (NL CSI).
  • Utilized acquired CSI data, high-resolution images, and magnetic field maps for reconstruction.
  • Employed a reconstruction matrix accounting for inhomogeneous field distribution within compartments, similar to the SLIM approach.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated that magnetic field inhomogeneities substantially amplify intervoxel signal leakage in both FT and SLIM reconstruction.
  • The NL CSI method effectively removes magnetic field inhomogeneity effects from acquired MR signals.
  • Phantom and in vivo results confirm the removal of artifactual signal decay, isolating the natural R2 relaxation rate.

Conclusions:

  • The NL CSI approach successfully mitigates intervoxel signal leakage and intravoxel phase dispersion induced by magnetic field inhomogeneities.
  • This method allows for accurate determination of the intrinsic R2 relaxation rate, independent of field variations.
  • NL CSI offers improved spatial reconstruction accuracy for chemical shifting imaging data in MRI.