Nonlinear profile order for three-dimensional hybrid radial acquisition applied to self-gated free-breathing cardiac cine MRI

• Published in: Chinese physics B 2017, Vol.26 (1), p.568-573
• Main Author: 朱艳春 Pascal Spincemaille 刘静 李硕 Thanh D Nguyen Martin R Prince 谢耀钦 王乙
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: MRI; 呼吸模式; 心脏; 电影图像; 自由; 轮廓; 门控; 非线性
• ISSN: 1674-1056; 2058-3834
• DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/26/1/018701

This paper presents a nonlinear profile order scheme for three-dimensional（3D） hybrid radial acquisition applied to self-gated, free-breathing cardiac cine magnetic resonance imaging（MRI）. In self-gated, free-breathing cardiac cine MRI,respiratory and cardiac motions are unpredictable during acquisition, especially for retrospective reconstruction. Therefore,the non-uniformity of the k-space distribution is an issue of great concern during retrospective self-gated reconstruction. A nonlinear profile order with varying azimuthal increments was provided and compared with the existing golden ratio-based profile order. Optimal parameter values for the nonlinear formula were chosen based on simulations. The two profile orders were compared in terms of the k-space distribution and phantom and human image results. An approximately uniform distribution was obtained based on the nonlinear profile order for persons with various heart rates and breathing patterns.The nonlinear profile order provides more stable profile distributions and fewer streaking artifacts in phantom images. In a comparison of human cardiac cine images, the nonlinear profile order provided results comparable to those provided by the golden ratio-based profile order, and the images were suitable for diagnosis. In conclusion, the nonlinear profile order scheme was demonstrated to be insensitive to various motion patterns and more useful for retrospective reconstruction.