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Abstract #0394

Contrast-Optimized Basis Functions for Self-Navigated Motion Correction in 3D quantitative MRI

Sebastian Flassbeck1,2, Elisa Marchetto1,2, Andrew Mao1,2,3, and Jakob Assländer1,2
1Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States, 2Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research (CAI2R), Department of Radiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States, 3Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States

Synopsis

Keywords: Motion Correction, Motion Correction, MR Fingerprinting, qMT, low rank

Motivation: Motion-induced artifacts are a significant barrier to achieving clinically acceptable image quality for multi-compartment quantitative MRI techniques, e.g. a 2-pool magnetization transfer model.

Goal(s): To develop a self-navigating approach to estimating motion parameters in an MR-fingerprinting-like acquisition.

Approach: We optimize a subspace that maximizes the contrast-to-noise ratio between brain parenchyma and cerebrospinal fluid for a low-resolution, time-segmented low-rank reconstruction used to estimate motion.

Results: Compared to the typical SVD basis, the contrast-optimized basis improves the smoothness of the motion estimates and the apparent resolution of the reconstructed coefficient images and quantitative maps.

Impact: The proposed retrospective, self-navigating motion correction technique does not require any sequence modifications and/or additional scan time. It can therefore be applied to many quantitative MRI techniques where the signal's variation over time can be well-described in a low-rank subspace.

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