Meeting Banner
Abstract #4686

A KomaMRI Phantom Extension for Integrated Dynamic Imaging

Pablo Villacorta-Aylagas1, Carlos Castillo-Passi2, Rosa María Menchón-Lara1, Pablo Irarrázaval2, José Benito Sierra-Pallares3, and Carlos Alberola-López1
1Laboratorio de Procesado de Imagen, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain, 2Department of Electrical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 3Dpto. de Ingeniería Energética y Fluidomecánica, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain

Synopsis

Keywords: Software Tools, Simulations, Motion modelling

Motivation: KomaMRI is a newly released Pulseq-compatible MRI simulator. Albeit the simulator includes dynamic imaging, motion type is limited to analytical expressions.

Goal(s): To provide KomaMRI with additional dynamic properties irrespective of the motion type.

Approach: To expand the phantom class to account for sampled arbitrary trajectories and to interpolate spin positions at time instants needed for the simulation. The simulation kernel is valid almost “as is” and only the demagnetization of the spins leaving the volume needs to be accounted for.

Results: 2D Cardiac cine with bright-blood effect, tagging and flow both with in-house and XCAT phantoms are dealt with now in KomaMRI.

Impact: KomaMRI is expected to be used for designing and testing novel pulse sequences. The added capabilities provided by the extension we propose increase its potential associated by enabling the simulator to deal with any sort of motion for sequence design.

How to access this content:

For one year after publication, abstracts and videos are only open to registrants of this annual meeting. Registrants should use their existing login information. Non-registrant access can be purchased via the ISMRM E-Library.

After one year, current ISMRM & ISMRT members get free access to both the abstracts and videos. Non-members and non-registrants must purchase access via the ISMRM E-Library.

After two years, the meeting proceedings (abstracts) are opened to the public and require no login information. Videos remain behind password for access by members, registrants and E-Library customers.

Click here for more information on becoming a member.

Keywords