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Purpose: To develop a method of unwrapping phase images from multi-echo scans that works even where there are several wraps between echoes, and which generates unwrapped phase images in addition to phase difference (PD) images. Theory: The difference between the echo spacings in an acquisition with three unevenly spaced echoes (an imposed delay) can be selected such that the phase evolution in that time is in the range -pi to +pi in all voxels of interest. Under this condition, an image of the difference between the phase evolutions in the two inter-echo periods, an estimate of Delta B-0, is free of wraps. This Delta B-0 estimate can be used to identify and remove receiver phase offsets and wraps in phase images. Methods: The approach was tested on simulated data and high-resolution in vivo brain data acquired from six subjects at 7 Tesla. Results: The method generated wrap-free phase images. It was able to remove more wraps than is possible with PD imaging and was faster and more reliable than spatial unwrapping. Conclusion: Unwrapping Multi-echo Phase Images with I-Rregular Echo spacings (UMPIRE) is conceptually simple, fast, reliable, and requires no fitting, thresholds, or operator intervention.
- 出版日期2014-7
