Noise Power Spectrum in PROPELLER MR Imaging

作者:Ichinoseki Yuki*; Nagasaka Tatsuo; Miyamoto Kota; Tamura Hajime; Mori Issei; Machida Yoshio
来源:Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences, 2015, 14(3): 235-242.
DOI:10.2463/mrms.2014-0071

摘要

The noise power spectrum (NPS), an index for noise evaluation, represents the frequency characteristics of image noise. We measured the NPS in PROPELLER (Periodically Rotated Overlapping ParallEL Lines with Enhanced Reconstruction) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, a nonuniform data sampling technique, as an initial study for practical MR image evaluation using the NPS. The 2-dimensional (2D) NPS reflected the k-space sampling density and showed agreement with the shape of the k-space trajectory as expected theoretically. Additionally, the 2D NPS allowed visualization of a part of the image reconstruction process, such as filtering and motion correction.

  • 出版日期2015