Automated High-Order Shimming for Neuroimaging Studies

IF 2.2 4区医学 Q2 RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING

Tomography Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI:10.3390/tomography9060168

Jia Xu, Baolian Yang, Douglas Kelley, V. Magnotta

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Abstract

B0 inhomogeneity presents a significant challenge in MRI and MR spectroscopy, particularly at high-field strengths, leading to image distortion, signal loss, and spectral broadening. Existing high-order shimming methods can alleviate these issues but often require time-consuming and subjective manual selection of regions of interest (ROIs). To address this, we proposed an automated high-order shimming (autoHOS) method, incorporating deep-learning-based brain extraction and image-based high-order shimming. This approach performs automated real-time brain extraction to define the ROI of the field map to be used in the shimming algorithm. The shimming performance of autoHOS was assessed through in vivo echo-planar imaging (EPI) and spectroscopic studies at both 3T and 7T field strengths. AutoHOS outperforms linear shimming and manual high-order shimming, enhancing both the image and spectral quality by reducing the EPI image distortion and narrowing the MRS spectral lineshapes. Therefore, autoHOS demonstrated a significant improvement in correcting B0 inhomogeneity while eliminating the need for additional user interaction.

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用于神经成像研究的自动高阶微调技术

B0不均匀性在MRI和MR光谱中提出了重大挑战，特别是在高场强下，导致图像失真，信号损失和光谱展宽。现有的高阶模糊方法可以缓解这些问题，但往往需要耗时和主观的人工选择感兴趣区域(roi)。为了解决这个问题，我们提出了一种自动高阶游动(autoHOS)方法，结合了基于深度学习的大脑提取和基于图像的高阶游动。该方法通过自动实时脑提取来定义在shimming算法中使用的场图的ROI。在3T和7T场强下，通过体内回声平面成像(EPI)和光谱研究来评估autoHOS的调光性能。AutoHOS优于线性调光和手动高阶调光，通过减少EPI图像失真和缩小MRS谱线形状来增强图像和光谱质量。因此，autoHOS在纠正B0不均匀性方面表现出了显著的改进，同时消除了额外的用户交互需求。

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Tomography Medicine-Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

CiteScore

2.70

自引率

10.50%

发文量

222

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