Simplified correction of B1 inhomogeneity for chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI measurement with surface transceiver coil

Phillip Zhe Sun; Iris Yuewen Zhou; Takahiro Igarashi; Yingkun Guo; Gang Xiao; Renhua Wu

doi:10.1117/12.2082653

17 March 2015 Simplified correction of B₁ inhomogeneity for chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI measurement with surface transceiver coil

Phillip Zhe Sun, Iris Yuewen Zhou, Takahiro Igarashi, Yingkun Guo, Gang Xiao, Renhua Wu

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Proceedings Volume 9417, Medical Imaging 2015: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging; 94171H (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2082653
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2015, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI is sensitive to dilute exchangeable protons and local properties such as pH and temperate, yet its susceptibility to field inhomogeneity limits its in vivo applications. Particularly, CEST measurement varies with RF irradiation power, the dependence of which is complex due to concomitant direct RF saturation (RF spillover) effect. Because the volume transmitters provide relatively homogeneous RF field, they have been conventionally used for CEST imaging despite of their elevated specific absorption rate (SAR) and relatively low sensitivity than surface coils. To address this limitation, we developed an efficient B₁ inhomogeneity correction algorithm that enables CEST MRI using surface transceiver coils. This is built on recent work that showed the inverse CEST asymmetry analysis (CESTR_ind) is not susceptible to confounding RF spillover effect. We here postulated that the linear relationship between RF power level and CESTR_ind can be extended for correcting B₁ inhomogeneity induced CEST MRI artifacts. Briefly, we prepared a tissue-like Creatine gel pH phantom and collected multiparametric MRI including relaxation, field map and CEST MRI under multiple RF power levels, using a conventional surface transceiver coil. The raw CEST images showed substantial heterogeneity due to B1 inhomogeneity, with pH contrast to noise ratio (CNR) being 8.8. In comparison, pH MRI CNR of the fieldinhomogeneity corrected CEST MRI was found to be 17.2, substantially higher than that without correction. To summarize, our study validated an efficient field inhomogeneity correction that enables sensitive CEST MRI with surface transceiver, promising for in vivo translation.

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Phillip Zhe Sun, Iris Yuewen Zhou, Takahiro Igarashi, Yingkun Guo, Gang Xiao, and Renhua Wu "Simplified correction of B₁ inhomogeneity for chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI measurement with surface transceiver coil", Proc. SPIE 9417, Medical Imaging 2015: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 94171H (17 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2082653

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Magnetic resonance imaging

Transceivers

In vivo imaging

Algorithm development

Absorption

Radiology

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