| LATTA, Peter, Z. STARCUK, Martin KOJAN, M.L.H. GRUWEL, B. TOMANEK, S. TRATTNIG and V. JURAS. Simple compensation method for improved half-pulse excitation profile with rephasing gradient. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2020, vol. 84, No 4, p. 1796-1805. ISSN 0740-3194. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28233. |
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@article{1680369,
author = {Latta, Peter and Starcuk, Z. and Kojan, Martin and Gruwel, M.L.H. and Tomanek, B. and Trattnig, S. and Juras, V.},
article_location = {HOBOKEN},
article_number = {4},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28233},
keywords = {eddy current correction; gradients; half-pulse excitation; UTE imaging},
language = {eng},
issn = {0740-3194},
journal = {MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE},
title = {Simple compensation method for improved half-pulse excitation profile with rephasing gradient},
url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mrm.28233},
volume = {84},
year = {2020}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1680369
AU - Latta, Peter - Starcuk, Z. - Kojan, Martin - Gruwel, M.L.H. - Tomanek, B. - Trattnig, S. - Juras, V.
PY - 2020
TI - Simple compensation method for improved half-pulse excitation profile with rephasing gradient
JF - MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE
VL - 84
IS - 4
SP - 1796-1805
EP - 1796-1805
PB - WILEY-BLACKWELL
SN - 07403194
KW - eddy current correction
KW - gradients
KW - half-pulse excitation
KW - UTE imaging
UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mrm.28233
L2 - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mrm.28233
N2 - Purpose To improve the slice profile quality obtained by RF half-pulse excitation for 2D-UTE applications. Methods The overall first-order and zero-order phase errors along the slice-selection direction were obtained with the help of an optimization task to minimize the out-of-slice signal contamination from the calibration 1-dimenisonal (1D) profile data. The time-phase-error evolution was approximated from the k-space readout data, which were acquired primarily for correction of the readout trajectories during data regridding to the rectilinear grids. The correction of the slice profile was achieved by rephasing gradient pulses applied immediately after the end of excitation. The total prescan calibration typically took less than 2 minutes. Results The improved image quality using the proposed calibration method was demonstrated both on phantoms and on ankle images obtained from healthy volunteers. It was demonstrated that calibration can be performed either as a separate water phantom measurement or directly as a prescan procedure. Conclusion The slice-profile distortion from the half-pulse excitation could substantially affect the overall fidelity of 2D-UTE images. The presented experiments proved that the image quality could be substantially increased by application of the proposed slice-correction method.
ER -
LATTA, Peter, Z. STARCUK, Martin KOJAN, M.L.H. GRUWEL, B. TOMANEK, S. TRATTNIG and V. JURAS. Simple compensation method for improved half-pulse excitation profile with rephasing gradient. \textit{MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE}. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2020, vol.~84, No~4, p.~1796-1805. ISSN~0740-3194. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28233.
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