PHASE SENSITIVE T1 MAPPING IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
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1. A method for magnetic resonance (MR) T1 mapping with motion correction and parametric fitting, the method comprising:
- acquiring, with an MR scanner, first frames of data in a first sampling series during a first inversion recovery;
acquiring, with the MR scanner, second frames of data in a second sampling series during a second inversion recovery;
determining, with a processor, motion between a longest inversion time one of the first frames and a longest inversion time one the second frames;
motion correcting, with the processor, the first frames as a function of the motion;
changing, with the processor, phase of the motion corrected first frames of data and of the second frames of data, an amount of the changing being by a phase of a longest of the longest inversion time ones of the first and second frames;
calculating, with the processor, polarities for the first and second frames as a first sign of a real part after changing the phase;
multiplying, with the processor, a magnitude of the first and second frames by the respective polarity;
registering, with the processor, the first and second frames using results from the multiplying;
deforming, with the processor, at least some of the first and second frames as a function of the registering;
estimating, with the processor, a second sign for each of the deformed first and second frames; and
computing, with the processor, a T1 map as a function of the second signs.
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Abstract
Phase sensitive T1 mapping is provided in magnetic resonance (MR). The phase from samples of a modified Look-Locker inversion recovery sequence may be used to normalize contrast, allowing for accurate motion registration without extra information acquisition. The sign may be estimated, allowing T1 mapping with a single application of a non-linear fit.
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1. A method for magnetic resonance (MR) T1 mapping with motion correction and parametric fitting, the method comprising:
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acquiring, with an MR scanner, first frames of data in a first sampling series during a first inversion recovery; acquiring, with the MR scanner, second frames of data in a second sampling series during a second inversion recovery; determining, with a processor, motion between a longest inversion time one of the first frames and a longest inversion time one the second frames; motion correcting, with the processor, the first frames as a function of the motion; changing, with the processor, phase of the motion corrected first frames of data and of the second frames of data, an amount of the changing being by a phase of a longest of the longest inversion time ones of the first and second frames; calculating, with the processor, polarities for the first and second frames as a first sign of a real part after changing the phase; multiplying, with the processor, a magnitude of the first and second frames by the respective polarity; registering, with the processor, the first and second frames using results from the multiplying; deforming, with the processor, at least some of the first and second frames as a function of the registering; estimating, with the processor, a second sign for each of the deformed first and second frames; and computing, with the processor, a T1 map as a function of the second signs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. In a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for phase sensitive T1 mapping in magnetic resonance (MR), the storage medium comprising instructions for:
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scanning with a modified Look-Locker inversion recovery sequence; recovering signs at different inversion recovery times of samples from the scanning, the signs being recovered as a function of phase; and mapping T1 as a function of the signs. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for phase sensitive T1 mapping in magnetic resonance (MR), the system comprising:
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a magnetic resonance (MR) scanner configured to transmit a sequence of inversion pulses and scan a patient at multiple inversion times after each of the inversion pulses, the multiple inversion times triggered based on a heart cycle; and a processor configured to remove background phase from signals at each of the inversion times based on phase of signals at the longest inversion time, to estimate a polarity of signals at each of the inversion times from the signals after removal of the background phase, to motion correct the signals across the inversion times as a function of the polarity, and to map T1 from the motion corrected signals. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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