Heavy breathing or large bulk motion of infants during acquisition of renal DCE-MRI causes misalignment between volumes, degrades image quality, and reduces the accuracy of estimated quantitative parameters of kidney function. We proposed a robust LTI model-based registration algorithm for motion correction, which improved the temporal stability of the concentration time curves, resulting in improved estimation of tracer kinetic model parameters such as renal filtration rate.
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