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Abstract #4424

Dual-polarity SENSE with calibration refinement enables robust Nyquist ghost correction on a high-performance gradient system

Yuancheng Jiang1, Gabriel Ramos Llorden2,3, Shohei Fujita2,3, Jaejin Cho2,3, Xingwang Yong2,3, Hua Guo1, and Berkin Bilgic2,3
1Center for Biomedical Imaging Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, United States, 3Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

Synopsis

Keywords: Artifacts, Artifacts

Motivation: Echo-planar imaging (EPI) is prone to Nyquist ghosts, which are exacerbated on scanners with high-performance gradients. While dual-polarity GRAPPA (DPG) helps alleviate these artifacts, it does not permit regularized multi-shot reconstruction.

Goal(s): To introduce a SENSE-based method to address Nyquist ghosts on high-performance gradient systems and to lend itself to regularized multi-shot reconstruction.

Approach: We propose dual-polarity SENSE (DPS) for ghost correction where phase differences between even and odd lines are captured in ESPIRiT coil sensitivity estimates based on a tailored calibration scan.

Results: DPS effectively reduces Nyquist ghost artifacts in phantom and in vivo data on high-performance gradient systems.

Impact: We provide a robust SENSE-based Nyquist correction method that can be integrated with advanced multi-shot EPI reconstruction techniques and can address challenging Nyquist ghosts on high-performance gradient systems.

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