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Robust and Computationally Efficient Missing Point and Phase Estimation for Zero Echo Time (ZTE) Sequences
Curtis A Corum1,2, Abdul Haseeb Ahmed2, Mathews Jacob2, Vincent Magnotta2, and Stanley Kruger2
1Champaign Imaging LLC, Shoreview, MN, United States, 2University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
Here we modify and apply for the first time a robust and computationally efficient missing point and phase estimation algorithm originating in the solid state NMR community for zero echo time (ZTE) imaging sequences.
Figure 1: Distorted FID, distorted Projection, corrected FID and corrected projection fro simulated hollow cube object.
Figure 2: Brain Images of Health Adult Subject.
Bottom Row Left to Right: Un-corrected ZTE intrinsic contrast, IR-ZTE and T2-ZTE
Top Row Left to Right: Corrected (Nd = 3) ZTE intrinsic contrast, IR-ZTE and T2-ZTE