Enhancing Whole-Brain Magnetic Field Homogeneity for 3D-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging with a Novel Unified Coil: A Preliminary Study
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Dataset and Imaging Protocol
2.2. Coil Design for Whole-Brain Shimming
2.3. B0 Shim Field Analysis and 3D-MRSI Brain Coverage Analysis
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Whole-Brain B0 Shimming Performance of Spherical Harmonic (SH), iPRES, and UNIC Shim
3.2. Whole-Brain Coverage of 3D-MRSI with SH Shim, iPRES, and UNIC Shim
3.3. Region-Specific Brain Coverage of 3D-MRSI with SH Shim, iPRES, and UNIC Shim
4. Discussions
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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B0 Field Shimming Methods | 1.44 cc ƚ | 0.09 cc ƚ |
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2nd-order SH | 45 ± 7 | 74 ± 4 |
iPRES 32-ch | 54 ± 6 | 77 ± 3 |
3rd-order SH | 56 ± 6 | 79 ± 3 |
4th-order SH | 60 ± 6 | 80 ± 3 |
5th-order SH | 62 ± 6 | 81 ± 3 |
UNIC 51-ch | 61 ± 6 | 81 ± 3 |
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Malagi, A.V.; Li, X.; Zhang, N.; Liu, Y.; Huang, Y.; Serry, F.M.; Long, Z.; Yang, C.-C.; Shan, Y.; Cai, Y.; et al. Enhancing Whole-Brain Magnetic Field Homogeneity for 3D-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging with a Novel Unified Coil: A Preliminary Study. Cancers 2024, 16, 1233. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16061233
Malagi AV, Li X, Zhang N, Liu Y, Huang Y, Serry FM, Long Z, Yang C-C, Shan Y, Cai Y, et al. Enhancing Whole-Brain Magnetic Field Homogeneity for 3D-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging with a Novel Unified Coil: A Preliminary Study. Cancers. 2024; 16(6):1233. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16061233
Chicago/Turabian StyleMalagi, Archana Vadiraj, Xinqi Li, Na Zhang, Yucen Liu, Yuheng Huang, Fardad Michael Serry, Ziyang Long, Chia-Chi Yang, Yujie Shan, Yubin Cai, and et al. 2024. "Enhancing Whole-Brain Magnetic Field Homogeneity for 3D-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging with a Novel Unified Coil: A Preliminary Study" Cancers 16, no. 6: 1233. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16061233
APA StyleMalagi, A. V., Li, X., Zhang, N., Liu, Y., Huang, Y., Serry, F. M., Long, Z., Yang, C. -C., Shan, Y., Cai, Y., Zepeda, J., Binesh, N., Li, D., Yang, H. -J., & Han, H. (2024). Enhancing Whole-Brain Magnetic Field Homogeneity for 3D-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging with a Novel Unified Coil: A Preliminary Study. Cancers, 16(6), 1233. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16061233