Óscar Peña-Nogales1, Yuxin Zhang2,3, Xiaoke Wang3,4, Rodrigo de Luis-Garcia1, Santiago Aja-Fernández1, James H Holmes3, Diego Hernando2,3. 1. Laboratorio de Procesado de Imagen, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain. 2. Departments of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin. 3. Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin. 4. Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To present a novel Optimized Diffusion-weighting Gradient waveform Design (ODGD) method for the design of minimum echo time (TE), bulk motion-compensated, and concomitant gradient (CG)-nulling waveforms for diffusion MRI. METHODS: ODGD motion-compensated waveforms were designed for various moment-nullings Mn (n = 0, 1, 2), for a range of b-values, and spatial resolutions, both without (ODGD-Mn ) and with CG-nulling (ODGD-Mn -CG). Phantom and in-vivo (brain and liver) experiments were conducted with various ODGD waveforms to compare motion robustness, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps with state-of-the-art waveforms. RESULTS: ODGD-Mn and ODGD-Mn -CG waveforms reduced the TE of state-of-the-art waveforms. This TE reduction resulted in significantly higher SNR (P < 0.05) in both phantom and in-vivo experiments. ODGD-M1 improved the SNR of BIPOLAR (42.8 ± 5.3 vs. 32.9 ± 3.3) in the brain, and ODGD-M2 the SNR of motion-compensated (MOCO) and Convex Optimized Diffusion Encoding-M2 (CODE-M2 ) (12.3 ± 3.6 vs. 9.7 ± 2.9 and 10.2 ± 3.4, respectively) in the liver. Further, ODGD-M2 also showed excellent motion robustness in the liver. ODGD-Mn -CG waveforms reduced the CG-related dephasing effects of non CG-nulling waveforms in phantom and in-vivo experiments, resulting in accurate ADC maps. CONCLUSIONS: ODGD waveforms enable motion-robust diffusion MRI with reduced TEs, increased SNR, and reduced ADC bias compared to state-of-the-art waveforms in theoretical results, simulations, phantoms and in-vivo experiments.
PURPOSE: To present a novel Optimized Diffusion-weighting Gradient waveform Design (ODGD) method for the design of minimum echo time (TE), bulk motion-compensated, and concomitant gradient (CG)-nulling waveforms for diffusion MRI. METHODS: ODGD motion-compensated waveforms were designed for various moment-nullings Mn (n = 0, 1, 2), for a range of b-values, and spatial resolutions, both without (ODGD-Mn ) and with CG-nulling (ODGD-Mn -CG). Phantom and in-vivo (brain and liver) experiments were conducted with various ODGD waveforms to compare motion robustness, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps with state-of-the-art waveforms. RESULTS: ODGD-Mn and ODGD-Mn -CG waveforms reduced the TE of state-of-the-art waveforms. This TE reduction resulted in significantly higher SNR (P < 0.05) in both phantom and in-vivo experiments. ODGD-M1 improved the SNR of BIPOLAR (42.8 ± 5.3 vs. 32.9 ± 3.3) in the brain, and ODGD-M2 the SNR of motion-compensated (MOCO) and Convex Optimized Diffusion Encoding-M2 (CODE-M2 ) (12.3 ± 3.6 vs. 9.7 ± 2.9 and 10.2 ± 3.4, respectively) in the liver. Further, ODGD-M2 also showed excellent motion robustness in the liver. ODGD-Mn -CG waveforms reduced the CG-related dephasing effects of non CG-nulling waveforms in phantom and in-vivo experiments, resulting in accurate ADC maps. CONCLUSIONS: ODGD waveforms enable motion-robust diffusion MRI with reduced TEs, increased SNR, and reduced ADC bias compared to state-of-the-art waveforms in theoretical results, simulations, phantoms and in-vivo experiments.
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