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ArticleMagnetic resonance in medicine2023

Calibration of concomitant field offsets using phase contrast MRI for asymmetric gradient coils.

Nastaren Abad, Seung-Kyun Lee, Afis Ajala, Myung-Ho In, Louis M Frigo, Chitresh Bhushan, H Douglas Morris, Yihe Hua, Vincent B Ho, Matt A Bernstein and 1 more

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11 authors.

Nastaren AbadGE Research, Niskayuna, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7020-0492
Seung-Kyun LeeGE Research, Niskayuna, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7625-3141
Afis AjalaGE Research, Niskayuna, New York, USA.
Myung-Ho InMayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Louis M FrigoGE Healthcare, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA.
Chitresh BhushanGE Research, Niskayuna, New York, USA.
H Douglas MorrisWalter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Yihe HuaGE Research, Niskayuna, New York, USA.
Vincent B HoWalter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Matt A BernsteinGE Healthcare, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3770-0441
Thomas K F FooGE Research, Niskayuna, New York, USA.

Funding

Lightweight, Compact, Low-Cryogen, Head-Only 7T MRI for High Spatial Resolution Brain ImagingU01EB026976 · NIBIB · GENERAL ELECTRIC GLOBAL RESEARCH CTR · PI FOO, THOMAS K, SHU, YUNHONG · 2018 to 2022
$13.9M
High-performance compact 3T MRI: Technical optimization for advanced brain imagingU01EB024450 · NIBIB · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI BERNSTEIN, MATTHEW A., FOO, THOMAS K · 2017 to 2021
$5.3M
NIBIB NIH HHS U01 EB024450NIBIB NIH HHS U01 EB026976
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAsymmetric gradient coils introduce zeroth- and first-order concomitant field terms, in addition to higher-order terms common to both asymmetric and symmetric gradients. Salient to compensation strategies is the accurate calibration of the concomitant field spatial offset parameters for asymmetric coils. A method that allows for one-time calibration of the offset parameters is described. THEORY AND

methodsA modified phase contrast pulse sequence with single-sided bipolar flow encoding is proposed to calibrate the offsets for asymmetric, transverse gradient coils. By fitting the measured phase offsets to different gradient amplitudes, the spatial offsets were calculated by fitting the phase variation. This was used for calibrating real-time pre-emphasis compensation of the zeroth- and first-order concomitant fields.

resultsImage quality improvement with the proposed corrections was demonstrated in phantom and healthy volunteers with non-Cartesian and Cartesian trajectory acquisitions. Concomitant field compensation using the calibrated offsets resulted in a residual phase error <3% at the highest gradient amplitude and demonstrated substantial reduction of image blur and slice position/selection artifacts.

conclusionsThe proposed implementation provides an accurate method for calibrating spatial offsets that can be used for real-time concomitant field compensation of zeroth and first-order terms, substantially reducing artifacts without retrospective correction or sequence specific waveform modifications.

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Image Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingArtifactsCalibrationHumansPhantoms, ImagingRetrospective Studiesasymmetric gradientscalibrationconcomitant fieldgradient imperfectionsMaxwell fieldsphase contrast

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PMID36129000
PMCPMC9617788

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