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ArticleBiomedical engineering online2018

Combining SENSE and reduced field-of-view for high-resolution diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging.

Jisu Hu, Ming Li, Yakang Dai, Chen Geng, Baotong Tong, Zhiyong Zhou, Xue Liang, Wen Yang, Bing Zhang

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Jisu HuSuzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Ming LiDepartment of Radiology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Yakang DaiSuzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Chen GengSuzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Baotong TongSuzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Zhiyong ZhouSuzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Xue LiangDepartment of Radiology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Wen YangDepartment of Radiology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Bing ZhangDepartment of Radiology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. zhangbing_nanjing@vip.163.com.

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Regulation of hepatic stellate cells in development and alcoholic liver injuryR00AA020514 · NIAAA · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI YIN, CHUNYUE · 2014 to 2016
$722k
Regulation of hepatic stellate cells in development and alcoholic liver injuryK99AA020514 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI YIN, CHUNYUE · 2011 to 2012
$179k
NIAAA NIH HHS K99 AA020514NIAAA NIH HHS R00 AA020514
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Abstract

backgroundIn diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) using single-shot echo planar imaging (ss-EPI), both reduced field-of-view (FOV) excitation and sensitivity encoding (SENSE) alone can increase in-plane resolution to some degree. However, when the two techniques are combined to further increase resolution without pronounced geometric distortion, the resulted images are often corrupted by high level of noise and artifact due to the numerical restriction in SENSE. Hence, this study is aimed to provide a reconstruction method to deal with this problem.

methodsThe proposed reconstruction method was developed and implemented to deal with the high level of noise and artifact in the combination of reduced FOV imaging and traditional SENSE, in which all the imaging data were considered jointly by incorporating the motion induced phase variations among excitations. The in vivo human spine diffusion images from ten subjects were acquired at 1.5 T and reconstructed using the proposed method, and compared with SENSE magnitude average results for a range of reduction factors in reduced FOV. These images were evaluated by two radiologists using visual scores (considering distortion, noise and artifact levels) from 1 to 10.

resultsThe proposed method was able to reconstruct images with greatly reduced noise and artifact compared to SENSE magnitude average. The mean g-factors were maintained close to 1 along with enhanced signal-to-noise ratio efficiency. The image quality scores of the proposed method were significantly higher (P < 0.01) than SENSE magnitude average for all the evaluated reduction factors.

conclusionThe proposed method can improve the combination of SENSE and reduced FOV for high-resolution ss-EPI DWI with reduced noise and artifact.

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Echo-Planar ImagingSignal-To-Noise RatioArtifactsCervical VertebraeDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedSpinal CordDiffusion-weighted imagingg-FactorParallel imagingReduced field-of-viewSENSESingle-shot echo-planar imaging

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PMCPMC6003092

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