Real-time shimming to compensate for respiration-induced B0 fluctuations

被引:153
作者
van Gelderen, P.
de Zwart, J. A.
Starewicz, P.
Hinks, R. S.
Duyn, J. H.
机构
[1] NINDS, Lab Funct & Mol Imaging, Adv MRI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
[2] Resonance Res Inc, Billerica, MA USA
[3] GE Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI USA
关键词
high field imaging; image artifacts; respiration; phase stability; shimming;
D O I
10.1002/mrm.21136
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
In MRI of human brain, the respiratory cycle can induce B-0-field fluctuations through motion of the chest and fluctuations in local oxygen concentration. The associated NMR frequency changes can affect the MRI data in various ways and lead to temporal signal fluctuations, and image artifacts such as ghosting and blurring. Since the size of the effect scales with magnetic field strength, artifacts become particularly problematic at fields above 3.0T. Furthermore, the spatial dependence of the B-0-field fluctuations complicates their correction. In this work, a new method is presented that allows compensation of field fluctuations by modulating the B. shims in real time. In this method, a reference scan is acquired to measure the spatial distribution of the B-0 effect related to chest motion. During the actual scan, this information is then used, together with chest motion data, to apply compensating B0 shims in real time. The method can be combined with any type of scan without modifications to the pulse sequence. Real-time B0 shimming is demonstrated to substantially improve the phase stability of EPI data and the image quality of multishot gradient-echo (GRE) MRI at 7T. Magn Reson Med 57:362-368, 2007. (c) 2007 Wiley Liss, Inc.
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页码:362 / 368
页数:7
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