期刊
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE
卷 73, 期 4, 页码 1662-1668出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25279
关键词
MRI; phase unwrapping; thermometry; multi-clustering; sorted list
资金
- NIH [CA79282, CA016672, 5T32CA119930-03, 1R21EB010196-01]
PurposeSeveral methods in MRI use the phase information of the complex signal and require phase unwrapping (e.g., B0 field mapping, chemical shift imaging, and velocity measurements). In this work, an algorithm was developed focusing on the needs and requirements of MR temperature imaging applications. MethodsThe proposed method performs fully automatic unwrapping using a list of all pixels sorted by magnitude in descending order and creates and merges clusters of unwrapped pixels until the entire image is unwrapped. The algorithm was evaluated using simulated phantom data and in vivo clinical temperature imaging data. ResultsThe evaluation of the phantom data demonstrated no errors in regions with signal-to-noise ratios of at least 4.5. For the in vivo data, the algorithm did not fail at an average of more than one pixel for signal-to-noise ratios greater than 6.3. Processing times less than 30 ms per image were achieved by unwrapping pixels inside a region of interest (53x53 pixels) used for referenceless MR temperature imaging. ConclusionsThe algorithm has been demonstrated to operate robustly with clinical in vivo data in this study. The processing time for common regions of interest in referenceless MR temperature imaging allows for online updates of temperature maps without noticeable delay. Magn Reson Med 73:1662-1668, 2015. (c) 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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