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Abstract #2165

MAGORINO: Magnitude-only fat fraction and R2* estimation with Rician noise modelling

Timothy JP Bray1,2, Alan Bainbridge3, Margaret A Hall-Craggs1,2, and Hui Zhang4
1Centre for Medical Imaging, University College London, London, United Kingdom, 2Department of Imaging, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 3Medical Physics, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 4Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Synopsis

Magnitude signal-based fitting of chemical shift-encoded data enables proton density fat fraction (PDFF) and R2* estimation where complex signal-based fitting fails or when phase data are inaccessible/unreliable, such as in multicentre studies. However, traditional magnitude-based fitting suffers from Rician noise-related bias and fat-water swaps, limiting utility. Here, we propose MAGORINO, an algorithm combining Magnitude-Only PDFF and R2* estimation with Rician Noise modelling, to address these limitations. We demonstrate that MAGORINO outperforms traditional Gaussian noise-based magnitude-only estimation through (i) reduced noise-related bias and (ii) reduced fat-water swaps. This may be valuable in multicentre studies or when phase data are otherwise inaccessible/unreliable.

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