Proton density (PD) maps measure the amount of free water molecules in the tissue and can be used in a range of neurological disorders. However, current PD estimation methods in the brain rely on anatomical prior information which can be problematic in the case of severe tissue abnormalities. Here we propose a new approach for PD mapping based on a multi-contrast acquisition protocol, and a data-driven estimation method for inhomogeneity correction and map scaling. This approach can be applied on ex-vivo samples and in case of pronounced brain pathology because it does not require any anatomical nor tissue information.
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