Quiescent frame, contrast-enhanced coronary magnetic resonance angiography reconstructed using limited number of physiologic frames from 5D free-running acquisitions
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Abstract
Background
5D, free-running imaging resolves sets of 3D whole-heart images in both cardiac and respiratory dimensions. In an application such as coronary imaging when a single, static image is of interest, computationally expensive offline iterative reconstruction is still needed to compute the multiple 3D datasets.
Purpose
Evaluate how the number of physiologic bins included in the reconstruction affects the computational cost and resulting image quality of a single, static volume reconstruction.
Study type
Retrospective.
Subjects
15 pediatric patients following Ferumoxytol infusion (4 mg/kg).
Field strength/Sequence
1.5 T/Ungated 5D free-running GRE sequence.
Assessment
The raw data of each subject were binned and reconstructed into a 5D (x-y-z-cardiac-respiratory) images. 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 bins adjacent to both sides of the retrospectively determined cardiac resting phase and 1, 3 bins adjacent to the end-expiration phase are used for limited frame reconstructions. The static volume within each limited reconstruction was compared with the corresponding full 5D reconstruction using the structural similarity index measure (SSIM). A non-linear regression model was used to fit SSIM with the percentage of data used compared to full reconstruction (% data). A linear regression model was used to fit computation time with % raw data used. Coronary artery sharpness is measured on each limited reconstructed images to determine the minimal number of cardiac and respiratory bins needed to preserve image quality.
Statistical tests
The coefficient of determination (R2) is computed for each regression model.
Results
The % of data used in the reconstruction was linearly related to the computational time (R2 = 0.99). The SSIM of the static image from the limited reconstructions is non-linearly related with the % of data used (R2 = 0.80). Over the 15 patients, the model showed SSIM of 0.9 with 18% of data, and SSIM of 0.96 with 30% of data. The coronary artery sharpness of images reconstructed using no less than 5 cardiac and all respiratory phases is not significantly different from the full reconstructed images using all cardiac and respiratory bins.
Data conclusion
Reconstruction using only a limited number of acquired physiological states can linearly reduce the computational cost while preserving similarity to the full reconstruction image. It is suggested to use no less than 5 cardiac and all respiratory phases in the limited reconstruction to best preserve the original quality seen on the full reconstructed images.
期刊介绍:
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is the first international multidisciplinary journal encompassing physical, life, and clinical science investigations as they relate to the development and use of magnetic resonance imaging. MRI is dedicated to both basic research, technological innovation and applications, providing a single forum for communication among radiologists, physicists, chemists, biochemists, biologists, engineers, internists, pathologists, physiologists, computer scientists, and mathematicians.