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Abstract #3963

Robust Complex Signal Averaging for Diffusion Weighted Imaging

Xinzeng Wang1, Daniel Litwiller2, Arnaud Guidon3, Patricia Lan4, and Tim Sprenger5
1GE Healthcare, Houston, TX, United States, 2GE Healthcare, Denver, CO, United States, 3GE Healthcare, Boston, MA, United States, 4GE Healthcare, Menlo Park, CA, United States, 5GE Healthcare, Stockholm, Sweden

Synopsis

Keywords: Data Processing, Diffusion/other diffusion imaging techniquesIn the past decade, complex signal averaging has been investigated for diffusion weighted imaging to address the well-known noise floor issue. The robustness of complex signal averaging highly depends on the performance of phase correction to remove the shot-to-shot background phase variations. To achieve optimal phase correction, parameters (kernel size, regularization terms, etc.) need to be tuned for different anatomies, SNR levels and/or image size. In this work, we evaluated a deep-learning based phase correction method for various DWI applications, including brain, liver, prostate and showed improved complex signal averaging with lower noise floor and less artifacts.

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