提出图像空间网格化方法,实现心脏MRI非刚性运动校正,提升图像清晰度。
Image-Space Gridding for Nonrigid Motion-Corrected MR Image Reconstruction
- 用图像空间网格化建模非刚性运动,构建精确的正向-伴随算子对
- 结合低/高分辨率导航数据,分阶段估计呼吸相位与非刚性运动场
- 适用于自由呼吸心脏MRI,尤其适合冠状动脉等结构的高分辨成像
运动仍是磁共振成像的重大挑战,特别是在自由呼吸心脏MRI中,数据在多个心动周期内于不同呼吸相位采集。本文采用基于模型的方法进行非刚性运动校正,解决两大问题:(a) 运动表示,(b) 运动估计。针对运动表示,通过将非均匀快速傅里叶变换(NUFFT)适配至图像空间,推导出图像空间网格化方法,实现非刚性运动的精确表示与线性算子的正向-伴随对;进而引入包含非刚性运动的非刚性 SENSE 算子,整合进多线圈MR采集模型。针对运动估计,同时使用低分辨率3D图像导航(iNAVs)和高分辨率3D自导航图像导航(self-iNAVs)。每个心动周期采集两类非笛卡尔轨迹:先采样稀疏覆盖3D k空间的高分辨率轨迹,再采集完整的低分辨率轨迹。利用完整低分辨率数据重建3D iNAVs,用于估计整体运动并识别每个心动周期的呼吸相位。将同一呼吸相位下的多心动周期数据合并,重建高分辨率3D self-iNAVs,以估计非刚性呼吸运动。针对每个呼吸相位,构建非刚性 SENSE 算子,将非刚性运动校正重构转化为标准正则化逆问题。初步研究显示,该方法显著提升了冠状动脉清晰度及非心区图像质量,优于仅考虑平移运动校正的方法。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Motion remains a major challenge in magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, particularly in free-breathing cardiac MR imaging, where data are acquired over multiple heartbeats at varying respiratory phases. We adopt a model-based approach for nonrigid motion correction, addressing two challenges: (a) motion representation and (b) motion estimation. For motion representation, we derive image-space gridding by adapting the nonuniform fast Fourier transform (NUFFT) to represent and compute nonrigid motion, which provides an exact forward-adjoint pair of linear operators. We then introduce nonrigid SENSE operators that incorporate nonrigid motion into the multi-coil MR acquisition model. For motion estimation, we employ both low-resolution 3D image-based navigators (iNAVs) and high-resolution 3D self-navigating image-based navigators (self-iNAVs). During each heartbeat, data are acquired along two types of non-Cartesian trajectories: a subset of a high-resolution trajectory that sparsely covers 3D k-space, followed by a full low-resolution trajectory. We reconstruct 3D iNAVs for each heartbeat using the full low-resolution data, which are then used to estimate bulk motion and identify the respiratory phase of each heartbeat. By combining data from multiple heartbeats within the same respiratory phase, we reconstruct high-resolution 3D self-iNAVs, allowing estimation of nonrigid respiratory motion. For each respiratory phase, we construct the nonrigid SENSE operator, reformulating the nonrigid motion-corrected reconstruction as a standard regularized inverse problem. In a preliminary study, the proposed method enhanced sharpness of the coronary arteries and improved image quality in non-cardiac regions, outperforming translational motion-corrected reconstruction.
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