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Abstract #4330

Physics-Driven Learned Deconvolution of Multi-Spectral Fluorine-19 MRI with Multiple Agents Using Radial Sampling

Jiawen Chen1, Piya Pal1, and Eric Ahrens2
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, 2Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

Synopsis

Keywords: Signal Modeling, Cell Tracking & Reporter Genes, Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence, Contrast Agents, Data Acquisition, Data Processing, Modelling, Multi-Contrast, Non-Proton

Motivation: Detection of multiple cell targets separately labeled with different chemically-shifted, paramagnetic 19F tracers can benefit from radial k-space sampling pulse sequences; however, radial sampling can lead to non-linear smearing chemical shift artifacts.

Goal(s): Our goal is to develop suitable modeling of the radial chemical shifts and a physics-informed deconvolution scheme to unmix multi-spectral components.

Approach: We proposed a novel Radon transform modeling of forward operator for radial chemical shifts and introduced machine learning based method for multi-spectral deconvolution.

Results: Radial chemically-shifted artifacts are significantly reduced via the deep unrolling learned deconvolution algorithm, especially for low signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) and highly undersampled acquisitions.

Impact: Unlike Cartesian chemical shifts that result in image displacements, radial chemical shifts produce more complex artifacts. To effectively unmix the multi-spectral 19F components, we developed an analytical model using Radon transform and a data-driven deconvolution method based on deep unrolling.

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