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Tian Y, Nayak KS. Real-time water/fat imaging at 0.55T with spiral out-in-out-in sampling. Magn Reson Med 2024; 91:649-659. [PMID: 37815020 PMCID: PMC10841523 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.29885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Revised: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
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PURPOSE To develop an efficient and flexible water/fat separated real-time MRI (RT-MRI) method using spiral out-in-out-in (OIOI) sampling and balanced SSFP (bSSFP) at 0.55T. METHODS A bSSFP sequence with golden-angle spiral OIOI readout was developed, capturing three echoes to allow water/fat separation. A low-latency reconstruction that combines all echoes was available for online visualization. An offline reconstruction provided water and fat RT-MRI in two steps: (1) image reconstruction with spatiotemporally constrained reconstruction (STCR) and (2) water/fat separation with hierarchical iterative decomposition of water and fat with echo asymmetry and least-squares estimation (HIDEAL). In healthy volunteers, spiral OIOI was acquired in the wrist during a radial-to-ulnar deviation maneuver, in the heart without breath-hold and cardiac gating, and in the lower abdomen during free-breathing for visualizing small bowel motility. RESULTS We demonstrate successful water/fat separated RT-MRI for all tested applications. In the wrist, resulting images provided clear depiction of ligament gaps and their interactions during the radial-to-ulnar deviation maneuver. In the heart, water/fat RT-MRI depicted epicardial fat, provided improved delineation of epicardial coronary arteries, and provided high blood-myocardial contrast for ventricular function assessment. In the abdomen, water-only RT-MRI captured small bowel mobility clearly with improved water-fat contrast. CONCLUSIONS We have demonstrated a novel and flexible bSSFP spiral OIOI sequence at 0.55T that can provide water/fat separated RT-MRI with a variety of application-specific temporal resolution and spatial resolution requirements.
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- Ye Tian
- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Yilmaz O, Saritas EU, Çukur T. Enhanced phase-sensitive SSFP reconstruction for fat-water separation in phased-array acquisitions. J Magn Reson Imaging 2015; 44:148-57. [PMID: 26696005 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.25138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To propose and assess a method to improve the reliability of phase-sensitive fat-water separation for phased-array balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) acquisitions. Phase-sensitive steady-state free precession (PS-SSFP) is an efficient fat-water separation technique that detects the phase difference between neighboring bands in the bSSFP magnetization profile. However, large spatial variations in the sensitivity profiles of phased-array coils can lead to noisy phase estimates away from the coil centers, compromising tissue classification. MATERIALS AND METHODS We first perform region-growing phase correction in individual coil images via unsupervised selection of a fat-voxel seed near the peak of each coil's sensitivity profile. We then use an optimal linear combination of phase-corrected images to segregate fat and water signals. The proposed method was demonstrated on noncontrast-enhanced SSFP angiograms of the thigh, lower leg, and foot acquired at 1.5T using an 8-channel coil. Individual coil PS-SSFP with a common seed selection for all coils, individual coil PS-SSFP with coil-wise seed selection, PS-SSFP after coil combination, and IDEAL reconstructions were also performed. Water images reconstructed via PS-SSFP methods were compared in terms of the level of fat suppression and the similarity to reference IDEAL images (signed-rank test). RESULTS While tissue misclassification was broadly evident across regular PS-SSFP images, the proposed method achieved significantly higher levels of fat suppression (P < 0.005) and increased similarity to reference IDEAL images (P < 0.005). CONCLUSION The proposed method enhances fat-water separation in phased-array acquisitions by producing improved phase estimates across the imaging volume. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2016;44:148-157.
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- Ozgur Yilmaz
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.,National Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.,National Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.,Neuroscience Program, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.,National Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.,Neuroscience Program, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
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Ribot EJ, Wecker D, Trotier AJ, Dallaudière B, Lefrançois W, Thiaudière E, Franconi JM, Miraux S. Water Selective Imaging and bSSFP Banding Artifact Correction in Humans and Small Animals at 3T and 7T, Respectively. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0139249. [PMID: 26426849 PMCID: PMC4591352 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to develop an easy method to generate both fat signal and banding artifact free 3D balanced Steady State Free Precession (bSSFP) images at high magnetic field. METHODS In order to suppress fat signal and bSSFP banding artifacts, two or four images were acquired with the excitation frequency of the water-selective binomial radiofrequency pulse set On Resonance or shifted by a maximum of 3/4TR. Mice and human volunteers were imaged at 7 T and 3 T, respectively to perform whole-body and musculoskeletal imaging. "Sum-Of-Square" reconstruction was performed and combined or not with parallel imaging. RESULTS The frequency selectivity of 1-2-3-2-1 or 1-3-3-1 binomial pulses was preserved after (3/4TR) frequency shifting. Consequently, whole body small animal 3D imaging was performed at 7 T and enabled visualization of small structures within adipose tissue like lymph nodes. In parallel, this method allowed 3D musculoskeletal imaging in humans with high spatial resolution at 3 T. The combination with parallel imaging allowed the acquisition of knee images with ~500 μm resolution images in less than 2 min. In addition, ankles, full head coverage and legs of volunteers were imaged, demonstrating the possible application of the method also for large FOV. CONCLUSION In conclusion, this robust method can be applied in small animals and humans at high magnetic fields. The high SNR and tissue contrast obtained in short acquisition times allows to prescribe bSSFP sequence for several preclinical and clinical applications.
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- Emeline J. Ribot
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/University Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/University Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/University Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/University Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/University Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/University Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/University Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Rutkowska G, Haughton V, Linge S, Mardal KA. Patient-specific 3D simulation of cyclic CSF flow at the craniocervical region. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2012; 33:1756-62. [PMID: 22517282 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a3047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Flow simulations in patient-specific models of the subarachnoid space characterize CSF flow in more detail than MR flow imaging. We extended previous simulation studies by including cyclic CSF flow and patient-specific models in multiple patients with Chiari I. We compared simulation results with MR flow measurements. MATERIALS AND METHODS Volumetric high resolution image sets acquired in 7 patients with Chiari I, 3 patients who had previous craniovertebral decompression, and 3 controls were segmented and converted to mathematical models of the subarachnoid space. CSF flow velocities and pressures were calculated with high spatial and temporal resolution during simulated oscillatory flow in each model with the Navier-Stokes equations. Pressures, velocities, and bidirectional flow were compared in the groups (with Student t test). Peak velocities in the simulations were compared with peak velocities measured in vivo with PCMR. RESULTS Flow visualization for patients and volunteers demonstrated nonuniform reversing patterns resembling those observed with PCMR. Velocities in the 13 subjects were greater between C2 and C5 than in the foramen magnum. Chiari patients had significantly greater peak systolic and diastolic velocities, synchronous bidirectional flow, and pressure gradients than controls. Peak velocities measured in PCMR correlated significantly (P = .003; regression analysis) despite differences between them. CONCLUSIONS In simulations of CSF, patients with Chiari I had significantly greater peak systolic and diastolic velocities, synchronous bidirectional flow, and pressure gradients than controls.
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- G Rutkowska
- Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53792-3252, USA
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Jeong HJ, Eddleman CS, Shah S, Seiberlich N, Griswold MA, Batjer HH, Carr JC, Carroll TJ. Accelerating time-resolved MRA with multiecho acquisition. Magn Reson Med 2010; 63:1520-8. [PMID: 20512855 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A new four-dimensional magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) technique called contrast-enhanced angiography with multiecho and radial k-space is introduced, which accelerates the acquisition using multiecho while maintaining a high spatial resolution and increasing the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). An acceleration factor of approximately 2 is achieved without parallel imaging or undersampling by multiecho (i.e., echo-planar imaging) acquisition. SNR is gained from (1) longer pulse repetition times, which allow more time for T(1) regrowth; (2) decreased specific absorption rate, which allows use of flip angles that maximize contrast at high field; and (3) minimized effects of a transient contrast bolus signal with a shorter temporal footprint. Simulations, phantom studies, and in vivo scans were performed. Contrast-enhanced angiography with multiecho and radial k-space can be combined with parallel imaging techniques such as Generalized Autocalibrating Partially Parallel Acquisitions (GRAPPA) to provide additional 2-fold acceleration in addition to higher SNR to trade off for parallel imaging. This technique can be useful in diagnosing vascular lesions where accurate dynamic information is necessary.
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- Hyun J Jeong
- Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Bley TA, Wieben O, François CJ, Brittain JH, Reeder SB. Fat and water magnetic resonance imaging. J Magn Reson Imaging 2009; 31:4-18. [DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Roldan A, Wieben O, Haughton V, Osswald T, Chesler N. Characterization of CSF hydrodynamics in the presence and absence of tonsillar ectopia by means of computational flow analysis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2009; 30:941-6. [PMID: 19299486 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a1489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Phase-contrast MR imaging (PCMR) has only partially characterized cyclic CSF flow and pressure, which, hypothetically, have a role in the pathogenesis of syrinx and symptoms in the Chiari I malformation. Our goal was to use computational flow analysis (CFA) to better understand CSF hydrodynamics. MATERIALS AND METHODS High-resolution MR images were obtained in a healthy volunteer and a patient with Chiari I malformation. With standard segmentation and discretization techniques, 3D models of the subarachnoid space, cerebellum, and spinal canal were created. CSF flow during systole and diastole were simulated with the boundary element method in the models. CSF velocities and pressures computed in the patient with Chiari I malformation were compared with those in the healthy volunteer. Flow patterns were also compared with PCMR results for validation of the technique. RESULTS The CFA and PCMR results agreed well. Inhomogeneous flow patterns characterized by fluid jets anterior and lateral to the spinal cord were demonstrated in both the Chiari I and volunteer models by CFA. Significant circumferential velocities were evident, suggesting swirling flow in the spinal canal. Higher magnitude jets were found in the patient with Chiari I than in the healthy volunteer. Relatively even pressure gradients were found along the spinal canal in both cases, with a 50% steeper gradient in the patient with Chiari I malformation. CONCLUSIONS Circumferential velocities and pressure gradients in the spinal canal, which may be clinically relevant to Chiari I and other malformations, can be obtained by CFA in patient-specific geometries.
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- A Roldan
- Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53792, USA
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Johnson KM, Lum DP, Turski PA, Block WF, Mistretta CA, Wieben O. Improved 3D phase contrast MRI with off-resonance corrected dual echo VIPR. Magn Reson Med 2009; 60:1329-36. [PMID: 19025882 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Phase contrast (PC) magnetic resonance imaging with a three-dimensional, radially undersampled acquisition allows for the acquisition of high resolution angiograms and velocimetry in dramatically reduced scan times. However, such an acquisition is sensitive to blurring and artifacts from off-resonance and trajectory errors. A dual-echo trajectory is proposed with a novel trajectory calibration from prescan data coupled with a multi-frequency reconstruction to correct for these errors. Comparisons of phantom data and in vivo results from volunteer, and patients with arteriovenous malformations patients are presented with and without these corrections and show significant improvement of image quality when both corrections are applied. The results demonstrate significantly improved visualization of vessels, allowing for highly accelerated PC acquisitions without sacrifice in image quality.
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- Kevin M Johnson
- Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53792-3252, USA.
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Gold GE, Hargreaves BA, Reeder SB, Block WF, Kijowski R, Vasanawala SS, Kornaat PR, Bammer R, Newbould R, Bangerter NK, Beaulieu CF. Balanced SSFP imaging of the musculoskeletal system. J Magn Reson Imaging 2007; 25:270-8. [PMID: 17260387 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), with its unique ability to image and characterize soft tissue noninvasively, has emerged as one of the most accurate imaging methods available to diagnose bone and joint pathology. Currently, most evaluation of musculoskeletal pathology is done with two-dimensional acquisition techniques such as fast spin echo (FSE) imaging. The development of three-dimensional fast imaging methods based on balanced steady-state free precession (SSFP) shows great promise to improve MRI of the musculoskeletal system. These methods may allow acquisition of fluid sensitive isotropic data that can be reformatted into arbitrary planes for improved detection and visualization of pathology. Sensitivity to fluid and fat suppression are important issues in these techniques to improve delineation of cartilage contours, for detection of marrow edema and derangement of other joint structures.
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- Garry E Gold
- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
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Gold GE, Hargreaves BA, Stevens KJ, Beaulieu CF. Advanced magnetic resonance imaging of articular cartilage. Orthop Clin North Am 2006; 37:331-47, vi. [PMID: 16846765 DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2006.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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MRI is one of the most accurate imaging methods available to diagnose disorders of articular cartilage. Conventional two-dimensional and three-dimensional approaches show changes in cartilage morphology. Newer and substantially faster three-dimensional imaging methods show great promise to improve MRI of cartilage. These methods may allow acquisition of fluid-sensitive isotropic data that can be reformatted into arbitrary planes for improved detection and visualization of pathology. Unique MRI contrast mechanisms also allow clinicians to probe cartilage physiology and detect early changes in cartilage macromolecules.
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- Garry E Gold
- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, 300 Pasteur Drive S0-56, Stanford, CA 94305-9510, USA.
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which provides superior soft-tissue imaging and no known harmful effects, has the potential as an alternative modality to guide various medical interventions. This review will focus on MR-guided endovascular interventions and present its current state and future outlook. In the first technical part, enabling technologies such as developments in fast imaging, catheter devices, and visualization techniques are examined. This is followed by a clinical survey that includes proof-of-concept procedures in animals and initial experience in human subjects. In preclinical experiments, MRI has already proven to be valuable. For example, MRI has been used to guide and track targeted cell delivery into or around myocardial infarctions, to guide atrial septal puncture, and to guide the connection of portal and systemic venous circulations. Several investigational MR-guided procedures have already been reported in patients, such as MR-guided cardiac catheterization, invasive imaging of peripheral artery atheromata, selective intraarterial MR angiography, and preliminary angioplasty and stent placement. In addition, MR-assisted transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt procedures in patients have been shown in a novel hybrid double-doughnut x-ray/MRI system. Numerous additional investigational human MR-guided endovascular procedures are now underway in several medical centers around the world. There are also significant hurdles: availability of clinical-grade devices, device-related safety issues, challenges to patient monitoring, and acoustic noise during imaging. The potential of endovascular interventional MRI is great because as a single modality, it combines 3-dimensional anatomic imaging, device localization, hemodynamics, tissue composition, and function.
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- Cengizhan Ozturk
- Cardiovascular Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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