在脊髓的多回声梯度回声成像中,对呼吸引起的B0场波动进行了基于导航器的优化校正
Laura Beghini1, Silvan Büeler2, Martina D Liechti2
1Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
这项研究引入了优化的导航器处理,以减少脊髓MRI中呼吸诱导的人工物. 这种新方法显著提高了图像质量,提高了信号噪声比和对比噪声比,以获得更好的可视化.
科学领域:
- 医疗成像医学成像
- 神经成像是一种神经成像.
- 磁共振成像是一种磁共振成像技术.
背景情况:
- 脊髓的多回声梯度回声 (ME-GRE) 成像易受呼吸引起的B0场波动的影响.
- 这些波动因肺部接近而加剧,导致幽灵文物,降低图像质量.
- 标准的导航器处理技术对于脊髓成像通常是无效的.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证用于脊髓ME-GRE成像的专门导航器处理.
- 为了减轻呼吸引起的B0场波动和相关的幽灵艺术品.
- 增强脊髓MRI中信号与噪声比率 (SNR) 和对比与噪声比率 (CNR).
主要方法:
- 获得了6名健康志愿者在自由呼吸期间获得的3T ME-GRE脊髓数据.
- 使用中线导航器读数和呼吸带记录.
- 实现了定制导航器处理,包括FFT,间隔选择,SNR加权平均和使用带数据的新型相解封算法.
- 在重建之前,通过相模解调校正成像数据.
主要成果:
- B0场的波动和幽灵是最明显的在下宫和上 lumbosacral 带.
- 优化的导航器校正在所有脊髓区域显著改善了视觉质量和定量指标 (SNR,CNR,幽灵).
- 在高场波动的地区观察到SNR/CNR (高达29%/37%) 的显著群体平均增加.
结论:
- 专门的基于导航器的校正有效地减少了脊髓中幽灵文物ME-GRE.
- 该技术增强了SNR和CNR,从而改善了解剖图像质量.
- 这种方法为临床和研究应用提供了实际的解决方案,改善了脊髓MRI的一致性.
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