Image distortion correction for MRI in low field permanent magnet systems with strong B0 inhomogeneity and gradient field nonlinearities

被引:27
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作者
Koolstra, Kirsten [1 ]
O'Reilly, Thomas [2 ]
Bornert, Peter [2 ,3 ]
Webb, Andrew [2 ]
机构
[1] Leiden Univ, Div Image Proc, Radiol, Med Ctr, Albinusdreef 2, NL-2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands
[2] Leiden Univ, Med Ctr, CJ Gorter Ctr High Field MRI, Radiol, Albinusdreef 2, NL-2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands
[3] Philips Res, Rontgenstr 24-26, D-22335 Hamburg, Germany
基金
欧洲研究理事会;
关键词
Distortion correction; B-0; mapping; Conjugate phase reconstruction; Model-based reconstruction; Low field MRI;
D O I
10.1007/s10334-021-00907-2
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
Objective To correct for image distortions produced by standard Fourier reconstruction techniques on low field permanent magnet MRI systems with strong B-0 inhomogeneity and gradient field nonlinearities. Materials and methods Conventional image distortion correction algorithms require accurate Delta B-0 maps which are not possible to acquire directly when the B-0 inhomogeneities also produce significant image distortions. Here we use a readout gradient time-shift in a TSE sequence to encode the B-0 field inhomogeneities in the k-space signals. Using a non-shifted and a shifted acquisition as input, Delta B-0 maps and images were reconstructed in an iterative manner. In each iteration, Delta B-0 maps were reconstructed from the phase difference using Tikhonov regularization, while images were reconstructed using either conjugate phase reconstruction (CPR) or model-based (MB) image reconstruction, taking the reconstructed field map into account. MB reconstructions were, furthermore, combined with compressed sensing (CS) to show the flexibility of this approach towards undersampling. These methods were compared to the standard fast Fourier transform (FFT) image reconstruction approach in simulations and measurements. Distortions due to gradient nonlinearities were corrected in CPR and MB using simulated gradient maps. Results Simulation results show that for moderate field inhomogeneities and gradient nonlinearities, Delta B-0 maps and images reconstructed using iterative CPR result in comparable quality to that for iterative MB reconstructions. However, for stronger inhomogeneities, iterative MB reconstruction outperforms iterative CPR in terms of signal intensity correction. Combining MB with CS, similar image and Delta B-0 map quality can be obtained without a scan time penalty. These findings were confirmed by experimental results. Discussion In case of B-0 inhomogeneities in the order of kHz, iterative MB reconstructions can help to improve both image quality and Delta B-0 map estimation.
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页码:631 / 642
页数:12
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