期刊
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE
卷 75, 期 3, 页码 1154-1165出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25703
关键词
nonlinear gradients; parallel imaging; accelerated imaging; single echo imaging; EPI; Spiral; Rosette
资金
- NIH [EB012289, EB016978, CA168977]
PurposeNonlinear spatial encoding magnetic fields (SEMs) have been studied to reconstruct images from a minimum number of echoes. Previous work has also explored single shot trajectories in nonlinear SEMs. However, the search continues for optimal schemes that apply nonlinear SEMs to improve spatial encoding efficiency and image quality. Theory and MethodsWe enhance the encoding efficiency of standard linear gradient trajectories by adding a rapidly rotating nonlinear SEM of moderate amplitude, the so called FRONSAC (Fast ROtary Nonlinear Spatial ACquisition) imaging. This additional gradient greatly improves the image quality of highly undersampled single-shot trajectories, including EPI, Spiral, and Rosette trajectories. ResultsOur simulations, including noise and dephasing effects, test the effect of adding FRONSAC gradients, demonstrating the applicability of this approach. Performance is explained by demonstrating the additional k-space sampling the nonlinear gradient provides. Studies of the optimal amplitude and frequency of the additional FRONSAC field are presented, and the role of enhanced sampling during the readout demonstrated. Dynamic field mapping in a second-order gradient system shows the proposed gradient waveforms are feasible. ConclusionImages resulting from highly undersampled existing k-space trajectories, such as EPI, Spiral, and Rosette, are greatly enhanced simply by adding a rotating nonlinear SEM field. Magn Reson Med 75:1154-1165, 2016. (c) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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