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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2016

Fat-suppressed alternating-SSFP for whole-brain fMRI using breath-hold and visual stimulus paradigms.

Tiffany Jou, Steve Patterson, John M Pauly, Chris V Bowen

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Article in Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tiffany JouMagnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Steve PattersonBiomedical Translational Imaging Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
John M PaulyMagnetic Resonance Systems Research Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Chris V BowenDepartment of Radiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Stanford University · USDalhousie University · CA

Funding

Training and DisseminationP41EB015891 · NIBIB · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI GLOVER, GARY H · 2012 to 2019
$10.7M
Imaging Brain Activation with Steady-State Free Precession MRIR01EB006471 · NIBIB · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI PAULY, JOHN M. · 2007 to 2010
$1.3M
NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB015891NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB006471
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo achieve artifact-suppressed whole-brain pass-band-balanced steady-state free precession functional MRI from a single functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scan.

methodsA complete and practical data acquisition sequence for alt-SSFP fMRI was developed. First, multishot flyback-echo-planar imaging (EPI) and echo-time shifting were used to achieve data acquisition that was robust against eddy currents, gradient delays, and ghosting artifacts. Second, a steady-state catalyzation scheme was implemented to reduce oscillations in the transient signal when catalyzing in and out of alternate steady states. Next, a short spatial-spectral radiofrequency (RF) pulse was designed to achieve excellent fat-suppression while maintaining a repetition time <15 ms to sensitize functional activation toward smaller vessels and capillaries. Lastly, parallel imaging was used to achieve whole-brain coverage and sufficiently high temporal resolution.

resultsBreath-hold experiments showed excellent fat-suppression and alt-SSFP's capability to recover functional sensitivity from signal dropout regions of conventional gradient-echo and banding artifacts from conventional pass-band-balanced steady-state free precession. Applying fat-suppression resulted in improved activation maps and increased temporal SNR. Visual stimulus functional studies verify the proposed method's excellent functional sensitivity to neuronal activation.

conclusionArtifact-suppressed images are demonstrated, showing a practical pass-band-balanced steady-state free precession fMRI method that permits whole-brain imaging with excellent blood oxygen level-dependent sensitivity and fat suppression.

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Magnetic Resonance ImagingAdipose TissueArtifactsBrainBreath HoldingCalibrationFemaleHealthy VolunteersHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMaleNeuronsOscillometryOxygenPhotic StimulationRadio WavesOxygenalternating-steady-state free precessionbalanced steady-state free precessionblood oxygen level-dependentfat-suppressionfunctional magnetic resonance imagingwhole-brain

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PMID26037220
PMCPMC4746113
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