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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-7-25
pubmed:abstractText
A new magnetization preparation and image acquisition scheme was developed to obtain high-resolution brain images with optimal tissue contrast. The pulse sequence was derived from an optimization process using simulated annealing, without prior assumptions with regard to the number of radiofrequency (RF) pulses and flip angles. The resulting scheme combined two inversion pulses with the acquisition of three images with varying contrast. The combination of the three images allowed separation of gray matter (GM), white matter (WM), and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) based on T1, contrast. It also enabled the correction of small errors in the initial T1 estimates in postprocessing. The use of three-dimensional (3D) sensitivity-encoded (SENSE) echo-planar imaging (EPI) for image acquisition made it possible to achieve a 1.15(3) mm3 isotropic resolution within a scan time of 10 min 21 s. The cortical GM signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in the calculated GM-only image varied between 30 and 100. The novel technique was evaluated in combination with blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) on human subjects, and provided for excellent coregistration of anatomical and functional data.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0740-3194
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
373-85
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Optimizing brain tissue contrast with EPI: a simulated annealing approach.
pubmed:affiliation
Advanced MRI Section, LFMI, NINDS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1065, USA. viko@nih.gov
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article