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A new method quantifies scanner instability in functional MRI (fMRI). For well-operating scanners, instability adds minimal noise, ensuring reliable fMRI data quality.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Imaging
  • Neuroimaging
  • Biophysics

Background:

  • Scanner instability can introduce confounding noise into functional MRI (fMRI) data.
  • Quantifying this instability is crucial for ensuring data reliability in neuroimaging research.
  • Distinguishing scanner noise from endogenous physiological noise is a key challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a method for quantifying scanner instability in fMRI.
  • To compare scanner instability noise with endogenous physiological noise in human fMRI data.
  • To establish criteria for scanner performance and suitability for multi-site studies.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a method using agar phantom data with two flip angles to isolate instability noise.
  • Separated instability noise from background noise using phantom data.
  • Applied the method to human fMRI data acquired across four 3 Tesla scanners.

Main Results:

  • Instability noise was quantified and compared to physiological noise in human data.
  • In well-operating scanners, instability noise constituted <10% of physiological noise in white matter and ~2% in cortex.
  • The developed method successfully extracted physiological noise levels from fMRI data.

Conclusions:

  • Scanner instability contributes minimally to overall noise in well-functioning fMRI systems.
  • The new quantification method aids in setting scanner maintenance thresholds and multi-site study eligibility.
  • The method provides insights into background noise levels, often exceeding instability noise magnitude.