Accelerated Quantitative 3D UTE-Cones Imaging Using Compressed Sensing

Jiyo Athertya

doi:10.3390/s22197459

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Accelerated Quantitative 3D UTE-Cones Imaging Using Compressed Sensing

2022-10-01

DOI：10.3390/s22197459

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In this study, the feasibility of accelerated quantitative Ultrashort Echo Time Cones (qUTE-Cones) imaging with compressed sensing (CS) reconstruction is investigated. qUTE-Cones sequences for variable flip angle-based UTE T-1 mapping, UTE adiabatic T-1 rho mapping, and UTE quantitative magnetization transfer modeling of macromolecular fraction (MMF) were implemented on a clinical 3T MR system. Twenty healthy volunteers were recruited and underwent whole-knee MRI using qUTE-Cones sequences. The k-space data were retrospectively undersampled with different undersampling rates. The undersampled qUTE-Cones data were reconstructed using both zero-filling and CS reconstruction. Using CS-reconstructed UTE images, various parameters were estimated in 10 different regions of interests (ROIs) in tendons, ligaments, menisci, and cartilage. Structural similarity, percentage error, and Pearson's correlation were calculated to assess the performance. Dramatically reduced streaking artifacts and improved SSIM were observed in UTE images from CS reconstruction. A mean SSIM of similar to 0.90 was achieved for all CS-reconstructed images. Percentage errors between fully sampled and undersampled CS-reconstructed images were below 5% for up to 50% undersampling (i.e., 2 x acceleration). High linear correlation was observed (>0.95) for all qUTE parameters estimated in all subjects. CS-based reconstruction combined with efficient Cones trajectory is expected to achieve a clinically feasible scan time for qUTE imaging.

Keywords:

compressed sensing

UTE

quantitative MRI

image reconstruction

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