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Chin. Phys. B, 2015, Vol. 24(10): 108703    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/24/10/108703
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Flexible reduced field of view magnetic resonance imaging based on single-shot spatiotemporally encoded technique

Li Jing (李敬)a, Cai Cong-Bo (蔡聪波)b, Chen Lin (陈林)a, Chen Ying (陈颖)c, Qu Xiao-Bo (屈小波)a, Cai Shu-Hui (蔡淑惠)a
a Department of Electronics Science, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China;
b Department of Communication Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China;
c Center for Brain Imaging Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Abstract  

In many ultrafast imaging applications, the reduced field-of-view (rFOV) technique is often used to enhance the spatial resolution and field inhomogeneity immunity of the images. The stationary-phase characteristic of the spatiotemporally-encoded (SPEN) method offers an inherent applicability to rFOV imaging. In this study, a flexible rFOV imaging method is presented and the superiority of the SPEN approach in rFOV imaging is demonstrated. The proposed method is validated with phantom and in vivo rat experiments, including cardiac imaging and contrast-enhanced perfusion imaging. For comparison, the echo planar imaging (EPI) experiments with orthogonal RF excitation are also performed. The results show that the signal-to-noise ratios of the images acquired by the proposed method can be higher than those obtained with the rFOV EPI. Moreover, the proposed method shows better performance in the cardiac imaging and perfusion imaging of rat kidney, and it can scan one or more regions of interest (ROIs) with high spatial resolution in a single shot. It might be a favorable solution to ultrafast imaging applications in cases with severe susceptibility heterogeneities, such as cardiac imaging and perfusion imaging. Furthermore, it might be promising in applications with separate ROIs, such as mammary and limb imaging.

Keywords:  magnetic resonance imaging      spatiotemporal encoding      single shot      reduced field-of-view  
Received:  13 May 2015      Revised:  12 June 2015      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  87.61.-c (Magnetic resonance imaging)  
  87.61.Bj (Theory and principles)  
  87.61.Hk (Pulse sequences)  
Fund: 

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11474236, 81171331, and U1232212).

Corresponding Authors:  Cai Shu-Hui     E-mail:  shcai@xmu.edu.cn

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Li Jing (李敬), Cai Cong-Bo (蔡聪波), Chen Lin (陈林), Chen Ying (陈颖), Qu Xiao-Bo (屈小波), Cai Shu-Hui (蔡淑惠) Flexible reduced field of view magnetic resonance imaging based on single-shot spatiotemporally encoded technique 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 108703

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