Abstract
Inhomogeneities in the transmit radio frequency magnetic field ( {\text{B}}-{1}^{+} ) reduce the quality of magnetic resonance (MR) images. This quality can be improved by using high-permittivity pads that tailor the {\text{B}}-{1}^{+} fields. The design of an optimal pad is application-specific and not straightforward and would therefore benefit from a systematic optimization approach. In this paper, we propose such a method to efficiently design dielectric pads. To this end, a projection-based model order reduction technique is used that significantly decreases the dimension of the design problem. Subsequently, the resulting reduced-order model is incorporated in an optimization method in which a desired field in a region of interest can be set. The method is validated by designing a pad for imaging the cerebellum at 7 T. The optimal pad that is found is used in an MR measurement to demonstrate its effectiveness in improving the image quality.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1035-1044 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Accepted author manuscriptKeywords
- dielectric shimming
- fields
- high-permittivity pads
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- optimization
- reduced order modeling