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Abstract #3239

Guided field Map Estimation and Image Correction for MRI with Large Magnetic Field Inhomogeneity

Navid Reyhanian1, Michael Mullen2, Taylor Froelich2, Michael Garwood2, and Jarvis Haupt1
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States, 2Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Synopsis

Keywords: Data Analysis, Magnets (B0), optimization; static field inhomogeneity; artifact correctionMany methods deployed for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) suffer from degraded image quality when the static magnetic field ($$$B_0$$$) is nonuniform, as $$$B_0$$$ inhomogeneity causes different types of image artifacts and distortions. Image correction methods require a prior estimate of the field map. In this work, we study the problem of static $$$B_0$$$ inhomogeneity estimation from distorted and undistorted image pairs, despite undistorted images being noisy. The estimated field map is later utilized to correct distorted images. The efficacy of the proposed approach is demonstrated for different encoding methods in the presence of large magnetic field inhomogeneity via extensive simulations.

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