Reducing voxel bleed in hadamard-encoded MRI and MRS
Reducing voxel bleed in hadamard-encoded MRI and MRS
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DOI:
10.1002/mrm.20903
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发表时间:
2006-06-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Gonen, Oded
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作者:
Goelman, Gadi;Liu, Songtao;Gonen, Oded
The point spread function (PSF) of Hadamard encoding deviates from its ideal profile due to practical (as opposed to intrinsic) reasons. Finite radiofrequency (RF) pulse length and gradient strength cause slice profile imperfections that lead to cross-talk ("voxel bleed") as large as 17% for a 1-KHz bandwidth, 5.12-ms RF pulse under 3 mT/m. This could adversely affect localization and quantification, and consequently clinical usefulness. A simple modification of the Hadamard RF pulse synthesis that exploits its unique ability to encode noncontiguous slices is proposed and shown to markedly improve the PSF. Computer simulation, in vitro and in vivo experiments confirm the theoretical derivation of voxel bleed reduction from similar to 17% to below 5% per Hadamard-encoded direction.