Universal pulses: A new concept for calibration‐free parallel transmission

Purpose A calibration‐free parallel transmission method is investigated to mitigate the radiofrequency (RF) field inhomogeneity problem in brain imaging at 7 Tesla (T). Theory and Methods Six volunteers were scanned to build a representative database of RF and static field maps at 7T. Small‐tip‐angl...

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Vydáno v:Magnetic resonance in medicine Ročník 77; číslo 2; s. 635 - 643
Hlavní autoři: Gras, Vincent, Vignaud, Alexandre, Amadon, Alexis, Bihan, Denis, Boulant, Nicolas
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2017
Wiley
Témata:
Adult
Algorithms
Bioengineering
Brain - anatomy & histology
Calibration
Circular polarization
Engineering Sciences
Female
Humans
Image analysis
Image Enhancement - methods
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods
Image processing
Inhomogeneity
Life Sciences
Magnetic resonance
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
Male
Neuroimaging
parallel transmission
Plug & play
plug and play
Radio frequency
Reproducibility of Results
RF pulse design
Sensitivity and Specificity
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
Trajectory optimization
ultra‐high field
RF pulse design
parallel transmission
ultra-high field
plug and play
ISSN:0740-3194, 1522-2594, 1522-2594
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Shrnutí:Purpose A calibration‐free parallel transmission method is investigated to mitigate the radiofrequency (RF) field inhomogeneity problem in brain imaging at 7 Tesla (T). Theory and Methods Six volunteers were scanned to build a representative database of RF and static field maps at 7T. Small‐tip‐angle and inversion pulses were designed with joint kT‐points trajectory optimization to work robustly on all six subjects. The returned “universal” pulses were then inserted in an MPRAGE sequence implemented on six additional volunteers without further field measurements and pulse optimizations. Similar acquisitions were performed in the circularly polarized mode and with subject‐based optimizations for comparison. Performance of the different approaches was evaluated by means of image analysis and computation of the flip angle normalized root mean square errors (NRMSE). Results For both the excitation and inversion, the universal pulses (NRMSE∼11%) outperformed the circularly polarized (NRMSE∼28%) and RF shim modes (NRMSE∼20%) across all volunteers and returned slightly worse results than for subject‐based optimized pulses (NRMSE∼7%). Conclusion RF pulses can be designed to robustly mitigate the RF field inhomogeneity problem over a population class. This appears as a first step toward another plug and play parallel transmission solution where the pulse design can be done offline and without measuring subject‐specific field maps. Magn Reson Med 77:635–643, 2017. © 2016 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
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ISSN:0740-3194
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DOI:10.1002/mrm.26148