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ArticleJournal of magnetic resonance (San Diego, Calif. : 1997)2018

Improved spatial localization in magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging with two-dimensional PSF-Choice encoding.

Shelley HuaLei Zhang, Stephan E Maier, Lawrence P Panych

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Article in Journal of magnetic resonance (San Diego, Calif. : 1997), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Shelley HuaLei ZhangDepartment of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. Electronic address: shelleyzhang@gmail.com.
Stephan E MaierDepartment of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden. Electronic address: stephan@bwh.harvard.edu.
Lawrence P PanychDepartment of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. Electronic address: panych@bwh.harvard.edu.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Image Guided Therapy Center - Ultrasound-based sensor system for the monitoring of COVID-19 patientsP41EB015898 · NIBIB · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI TEMPANY, CLARE M · 2012 to 2021
$18.9M
Advancement and Validation of Prostate Diffusion and Spectroscopic MRIR01CA160902 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI MAIER, STEPHAN E · 2012 to 2017
$2.1M
Advanced Techniques for Rapid and Artifact-Resistant MR Diffusion ImagingR01EB010195 · NIBIB · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI MADORE, BRUNO, MAIER, STEPHAN E · 2010 to 2013
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA160902NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB015898NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB010195
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeMagnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI), under low-spatial resolution settings, often suffers signal contamination from neighboring voxels due to ringing artifacts. Spatial localization can be improved by constraining the point-spread-function (PSF). Here the effectiveness of the two-dimensional PSF-Choice technique in providing improved spatial localization for MRSI is demonstrated. THEORY AND

methodsThe PSF-Choice technique constrains the PSF to a desired shape by manipulating the weighting of RF excitation pulse throughout phase-encode steps. Based on a Point REsolved SpectroScopy (PRESS)-type sequence, PSF-Choice encoding was implemented along two dimensions to excite a two-dimensional Gaussian profile, by replacing the usual RF excitation pulse with a train of pulses that is modified at each phase-encoding step. The method was proven mathematically, and demonstrated experimentally in phantoms containing prostate relevant metabolic compounds of choline, creatine and citrate.

resultsUsing a dedicated prostate-mimicking spectroscopy phantom surrounded by oil, it was found that there is significantly less signal contamination from oil for PSF-Choice encoding compared with standard phase encoding. In particular, with standard phase encoding, there was a significant difference (p = 0.014) between ratios of Choline + Creatine to Citrate for voxels well within the phantom compared to voxels within the phantom but near the boundary with oil. The ratios in boundary voxels were also significantly different (p = 0.035) from reference values obtained using the prostate phantom with no oil present. In contrast, no significant differences were found in comparisons of these ratios when encoding with PSF-Choice.

conclusionThe PSF-Choice scheme applied along two dimensions produces MR spectroscopic images with substantially reduced truncation artifacts and spectral contamination.

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AlgorithmsArtifactsElectromagnetic FieldsImage EnhancementImage Processing, Computer-AssistedLipidsMagnetic Resonance ImagingNormal DistributionPhantoms, ImagingSignal-To-Noise RatioLipidsFourier encodingGibbs ringingPoint spread functionProstatePSF-Choice encodingRF encodingSpectroscopic imagingVoxel bleeding

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