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Motion-compensated low-rank reconstruction for simultaneous structural and functional UTE lung MRI
Fei Tan1,2, Xucheng Zhu1,2,3, Marilynn Chan4
1UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
|May 9, 2023
Summary
This study introduces motion-compensated low-rank reconstruction (MoCoLoR) to improve 3D UTE MRI lung imaging by reducing motion artifacts and enhancing signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for better functional lung assessment.
Area of Science:
- Medical Imaging
- Radiology
- Biomedical Engineering
Background:
- Three-dimensional (3D) UTE MRI offers simultaneous structural and functional lung imaging.
- Limitations include respiratory motion and low lung parenchyma signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).
Purpose of the Study:
- To enhance 3D UTE MRI lung imaging quality using a novel respiratory phase-resolved reconstruction approach.
- Introduce motion-compensated low-rank reconstruction (MoCoLoR) for improved data utilization and image quality.
Main Methods:
- MoCoLoR formulation as an optimization problem incorporating a low-rank constraint and estimated motion fields.
- Application of MoCoLoR, XD, and motion state-weighted motion-compensation (MostMoCo) to 18 free-breathing 3D radial UTE lung MRI scans.
- Ventilation analyses performed post-reconstruction; parameter performance investigated.
Main Results:
- MoCoLoR demonstrated efficient data utilization and higher apparent SNR compared to XD and MostMoCo.
- High-quality, respiratory phase-resolved images were generated for ventilation mapping.
- The method proved effective across a diverse patient range.
Conclusions:
- MoCoLoR effectively improves simultaneous structural and functional lung imaging with 3D-UTE MRI.
- This approach enhances data efficiency and image quality.
- Enables free-breathing, non-sedated 3D UTE MRI for pediatric patients.
