Image-based EPI real time ghost correction

Shunshan Li; Michael H. Buonocore

doi:10.1117/12.768387

12 March 2008 Image-based EPI real time ghost correction

Shunshan Li, Michael H. Buonocore

Proceedings Volume 6916, Medical Imaging 2008: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images; 69161L (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.768387
Event: Medical Imaging, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

This paper presents a new, real-time, ghost correction method for echo planar imaging (EPI) that has been implemented using the Imaging Calculation Environment (ICE) on a 3T Siemens MRI System. Conventional methods for correcting EPI image ghost are based on image phase correction or on a reference scan. This new method is also based on image phase correction, but uses a new algorithm for automatic determination of the phase correction, which allows entirely automated operation. With implementation of the new correction method in ICE, ghost-corrected images are automatically generated and loaded into the system's image database immediately after completion of each EPI scan. Experiments showed that this real time ghost correction method consistently reduced the ghost intensity in EPI images and improved overall image quality. On average, the ghost to signal ratio (GSR) improved from 13.0% to 3.2% using the new method.

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Shunshan Li and Michael H. Buonocore "Image-based EPI real time ghost correction", Proc. SPIE 6916, Medical Imaging 2008: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, 69161L (12 March 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.768387

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