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  • Title: bSSFP phase correction and its use in magnetic resonance electrical properties tomography.
    Author: Ozdemir S, Ider YZ.
    Journal: Magn Reson Med; 2019 Feb; 81(2):934-946. PubMed ID: 30357891.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: Balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) sequence is widely used because of its high SNR and high speed. However, bSSFP images suffer from "banding artifact" caused by B0 inhomogeneity. In this article, we propose a method to remove this artifact in bSSFP phase images and investigate the usage of the corrected phase images in phase-based magnetic resonance electrical properties tomography (MREPT). THEORY AND METHODS: Two bSSFP phase images, obtained with different excitation frequencies, are collaged to get rid of the regions containing banding artifacts. Phase of the collaged bSSFP image is the sum of the transceive phase of the RF system and an error term that depends on B0 and T2 . By using B0 and T2 maps, this error is eliminated from bSSFP phase images by using pixel-wise corrections. Conductivity maps are obtained from the uncorrected and the corrected phase images using the phase-based cr-MREPT method. RESULTS: Phantom and human experiment results of the proposed method are illustrated for both phase images and conductivity maps. It is shown that uncorrected phase images yield unacceptable conductivity images. When only B0 information is used for phase correction conductivity, reconstructions are substantially improved, and yet T2 information is still needed to fully recover accurate and undistorted conductivity images. CONCLUSIONS: With the proposed technique, B0 sensitivity of the bSSFP phase images can be removed by using B0 and T2 maps. It is also shown that corrected bSSFP phase images are of sufficient quality to be used in conductivity imaging.
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