Christopher L Lankford1, Richard D Dortch, Mark D Does. 1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Fast, quantitative T2 mapping is of value to both clinical and research environments. However, many protocols utilizing fast spin echo (FSE) pulse sequences contain acceleration-induced artifacts that are compounded when fitting parameter maps, especially in the presence of imperfect refocusing. This work presents a B1 -corrected, model-based reconstruction and associated Cartesian FSE phase-encode ordering that provides enhanced accuracy in T2 estimates compared with other common accelerated protocols. THEORY AND METHODS: The method, known as multiple echo, Caesar cipher acquisition and model-based reconstruction (ME-CAMBREC), directly fitted T2 , flip angle, and proton density maps on a row-by-row basis to k-space data using the extended phase graph model. Regularization was enforced in order to minimize noise amplification effects. ME-CAMBREC was evaluated in computational and physical phantoms, as well as human brain, and compared with other FSE-based T2 mapping protocols, DESPOT2, and parallel imaging acceleration. RESULTS: In computational, phantom, and human experiments, ME-CAMBREC provided T2 maps with fewer artifacts and less or similar error compared with other methods tested at moderate-to-high acceleration factors. In vivo, ME-CAMBREC provided error rates approximately one-half those of other methods. CONCLUSION: Directly fitting multi-echo data to k-space using the extended phase graph can increase fidelity of T2 maps significantly, especially when using an appropriate phase-encode ordering.
PURPOSE: Fast, quantitative T2 mapping is of value to both clinical and research environments. However, many protocols utilizing fast spin echo (FSE) pulse sequences contain acceleration-induced artifacts that are compounded when fitting parameter maps, especially in the presence of imperfect refocusing. This work presents a B1 -corrected, model-based reconstruction and associated Cartesian FSE phase-encode ordering that provides enhanced accuracy in T2 estimates compared with other common accelerated protocols. THEORY AND METHODS: The method, known as multiple echo, Caesar cipher acquisition and model-based reconstruction (ME-CAMBREC), directly fitted T2 , flip angle, and proton density maps on a row-by-row basis to k-space data using the extended phase graph model. Regularization was enforced in order to minimize noise amplification effects. ME-CAMBREC was evaluated in computational and physical phantoms, as well as human brain, and compared with other FSE-based T2 mapping protocols, DESPOT2, and parallel imaging acceleration. RESULTS: In computational, phantom, and human experiments, ME-CAMBREC provided T2 maps with fewer artifacts and less or similar error compared with other methods tested at moderate-to-high acceleration factors. In vivo, ME-CAMBREC provided error rates approximately one-half those of other methods. CONCLUSION: Directly fitting multi-echo data to k-space using the extended phase graph can increase fidelity of T2 maps significantly, especially when using an appropriate phase-encode ordering.
Authors: Kelvin J Layton; Mark Morelande; David Wright; Peter M Farrell; Bill Moran; Leigh A Johnston Journal: IEEE Trans Med Imaging Date: 2013-04-25 Impact factor: 10.048
Authors: Mark D Does; Jonas Lynge Olesen; Kevin D Harkins; Teresa Serradas-Duarte; Daniel F Gochberg; Sune N Jespersen; Noam Shemesh Journal: Magn Reson Med Date: 2019-02-05 Impact factor: 4.668