信噪比(成像)
白质
磁共振成像
计算机科学
白噪声
对比噪声比
噪音(视频)
图像处理
自旋回波
人工智能
图像质量
模式识别(心理学)
医学
图像(数学)
放射科
电信
作者
E. Mark Haacke,Qiuyun Xu,Paul Kokeny,Sara Gharabaghi,Yongsheng Chen,Bo Wu,Lei Yu,Naying He,Fuhua Yan
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.mri.2024.01.001
摘要
Increasing the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) has always been of critical importance for magnetic resonance imaging. Although increasing field strength provides a linear increase in SNR, it is more and more costly as field strength increases. Therefore, there is a major effort today to use signal processing methods to improve SNR since it is more efficient and economical. There are a variety of methods to improve SNR such as averaging the data at the expense of imaging time, or collecting the data with a lower resolution, all of these methods, including imaging processing methods, usually come at the expense of loss of image detail or image blurring. Therefore, we developed a new mathematical approach called CROWN (Constrained Reconstruction of White Noise) to enhance SNR without loss of structural detail and without affecting scanning time. In this study, we introduced and tested the concept behind CROWN specifically for STAGE (strategically acquired gradient echo) imaging. The concept itself is presented first, followed by simulations to demonstrate its theoretical effectiveness. Then the SNR improvement on proton spin density (PSD) and R2⁎ maps was investigated using brain STAGE data acquired from 10 healthy controls (HCs) and 10 patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). For the PSD and R2* maps, the SNR and CNR between white matter and gray matter were improved by a factor of 1.87 ± 0.50 and 1.72 ± 0.88, respectively. The white matter hyperintensity lesions in PD patients were more clearly defined after CROWN processing. Using these improved maps, simulated images for any repeat time, echo time or flip angle can be created with improved SNR. The potential applications of this technology are to trade off the increased SNR for higher resolution images and/or faster imaging. Tian Shi, Di Li, Ren He1 from Mencius, Gong Sun Chou II
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