2023
Arterial spin labeled perfusion imaging with balanced steady-state free precession readout and radial sampling
Han P, Marin T, Zhuo Y, Ouyang J, El Fakhri G, Ma C. Arterial spin labeled perfusion imaging with balanced steady-state free precession readout and radial sampling. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2023, 102: 126-132. PMID: 37187264, PMCID: PMC10524790, DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2023.05.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOff-resonance effectsBalanced steady-state free precessionPhase-cycling techniqueTemporal SNRBalanced steady-state free precession acquisitionRadial sampling schemeSpoiled gradient-recalled acquisitionRadial samplingCartesian sampling schemeBalanced steady-state free precession readoutK-space dataSampling schemeSpin labelingSteady-state free precessionK-spaceImage readoutBanding artifactsMotion-related artifactsReadoutFree precessionArterial spin labelingImage reconstructionParallel imagingImaging timePerfusion-weighted imaging
2019
Arterial spin labeling MR image denoising and reconstruction using unsupervised deep learning
Gong K, Han P, Fakhri G, Ma C, Li Q. Arterial spin labeling MR image denoising and reconstruction using unsupervised deep learning. NMR In Biomedicine 2019, 35: e4224. PMID: 31865615, PMCID: PMC7306418, DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4224.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSignal-to-noise ratioImage denoisingReconstruction frameworkDeep learning-based image denoisingDeep learning-based denoisersMR image denoisingLearning-based denoisingLow signal-to-noise ratioK-space dataNoisy imagesTraining labelsTraining pairsNetwork inputNeural networkDenoisingIn vivo experiment dataSuperior performanceImaging speedReconstruction processImage qualityLong imaging timesNetworkFrameworkImagesSpatial resolution