Hannah Scholten, Tobias Wech, Sascha Köhler, Sean S. Smart, Jordan H. Boyle, Irvin Teh, Herbert Köstler, Jürgen E. Schneider
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On the correction of spiral trajectories on a preclinical MRI scanner with a high‐performance gradient insert
This study aimed to examine different trajectory correction methods for spiral imaging on a preclinical scanner with high‐performance gradients with respect to image quality in a phantom and in vivo. The gold standard method of measuring the trajectories in a separate experiment is compared to an isotropic delay‐correction, a correction using the gradient system transfer function (GSTF), and a combination of the two. Three different spiral trajectories, with 96, 16, and three interleaves, are considered. The best image quality is consistently achieved when determining the trajectory in a separate phantom measurement. However, especially for the spiral with 96 interleaves, the other correction methods lead to almost comparable results. Remaining imperfections in the corrected gradient waveforms and trajectories are attributed to asymmetrically occurring undulations in the actual, generated gradients, suggesting that the underlying assumption of linearity is violated. In conclusion, images of sufficient quality can be acquired on preclinical small‐animal scanners using spiral k‐space trajectories without the need to carry out separate trajectory measurements each time. Depending on the trajectory, a simple isotropic delay‐correction or a GSTF‐based correction can provide images of similar quality.
期刊介绍:
NMR in Biomedicine is a journal devoted to the publication of original full-length papers, rapid communications and review articles describing the development of magnetic resonance spectroscopy or imaging methods or their use to investigate physiological, biochemical, biophysical or medical problems. Topics for submitted papers should be in one of the following general categories: (a) development of methods and instrumentation for MR of biological systems; (b) studies of normal or diseased organs, tissues or cells; (c) diagnosis or treatment of disease. Reports may cover work on patients or healthy human subjects, in vivo animal experiments, studies of isolated organs or cultured cells, analysis of tissue extracts, NMR theory, experimental techniques, or instrumentation.