2024
Accelerated 3D metabolite T1 mapping of the brain using variable‐flip‐angle SPICE
Zhao Y, Li Y, Guo R, Jin W, Sutton B, Ma C, Fakhri G, Li Y, Luo J, Liang Z. Accelerated 3D metabolite T1 mapping of the brain using variable‐flip‐angle SPICE. Magnetic Resonance In Medicine 2024, 92: 1310-1322. PMID: 38923032, DOI: 10.1002/mrm.30200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-rank tensor modelGeneralized series modelMetabolite TExperimental resultsBrain metabolitesClinically acceptable scan timeEfficient encodingPhantom experimental resultsAcceptable scan timeNoisy dataSparse samplingImaging problemsData processingHealthy subject dataVariable flip angleFlip angleTensor modelSaturation effectsQuantitative metabolic imagingMRSI techniquePhantomScan timeData acquisitionMetabolic imagingT1 mapping
2022
Joint spectral quantification of MR spectroscopic imaging using linear tangent space alignment‐based manifold learning
Ma C, Han P, Zhuo Y, Djebra Y, Marin T, Fakhri G. Joint spectral quantification of MR spectroscopic imaging using linear tangent space alignment‐based manifold learning. Magnetic Resonance In Medicine 2022, 89: 1297-1313. PMID: 36404676, PMCID: PMC9892363, DOI: 10.1002/mrm.29526.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsBrainComputer SimulationHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyProton Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyConceptsSubspace-based methodsManifold learningIntrinsic low-dimensional structureGlobal coordinationLearning-based methodsNumerical simulation dataSpatial smoothness constraintSparsity constraintSpace alignmentSubspace modelSmoothness constraintSuperior performanceRoot mean square errorLinear transformationMechanical simulationsLow-dimensionalSquare errorSubspaceExperimental dataSpectroscopic imagingQuantum mechanical simulationsCoordinate alignmentMR spectroscopic imagingSpectral quantificationSimulated data
2017
A minimum-phase Shinnar-Le Roux spectral-spatial excitation RF pulse for simultaneous water and lipid suppression in 1H-MRSI of body extremities
Han P, Ma C, Deng K, Hu S, Jee K, Ying K, Chen Y, Fakhri G. A minimum-phase Shinnar-Le Roux spectral-spatial excitation RF pulse for simultaneous water and lipid suppression in 1H-MRSI of body extremities. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2017, 45: 18-25. PMID: 28917812, PMCID: PMC5709164, DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2017.09.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedLegLipidsMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMuscle, SkeletalPhantoms, ImagingProtonsWater
2016
Spectral Quantification for High-Resolution MR Spectroscopic Imaging With Spatiospectral Constraints
Ning Q, Ma C, Lam F, Liang Z. Spectral Quantification for High-Resolution MR Spectroscopic Imaging With Spatiospectral Constraints. IEEE Transactions On Biomedical Engineering 2016, 64: 1178-1186. PMID: 27479954, PMCID: PMC5513734, DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2016.2594583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsImage EnhancementMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMolecular ImagingReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificitySpatio-Temporal Analysis
2015
Removal of nuisance signals from limited and sparse 1H MRSI data using a union‐of‐subspaces model
Ma C, Lam F, Johnson C, Liang Z. Removal of nuisance signals from limited and sparse 1H MRSI data using a union‐of‐subspaces model. Magnetic Resonance In Medicine 2015, 75: 488-497. PMID: 25762370, PMCID: PMC4567537, DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25635.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdipose TissueAlgorithmsBody WaterBrainHealthy VolunteersHumansImage EnhancementMagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
2014
Design of multidimensional Shinnar–Le Roux radiofrequency pulses
Ma C, Liang Z. Design of multidimensional Shinnar–Le Roux radiofrequency pulses. Magnetic Resonance In Medicine 2014, 73: 633-645. PMID: 24578212, PMCID: PMC4147023, DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImproved Image Reconstruction for Subspace-Based Spectroscopic Imaging Using Non-Quadratic Regularization
Wu Z, Lam F, Ma C, Liang Z. Improved Image Reconstruction for Subspace-Based Spectroscopic Imaging Using Non-Quadratic Regularization. Annual International Conference Of The IEEE Engineering In Medicine And Biology Society (EMBC) 2014, 2014: 2432-2435. PMID: 25570481, DOI: 10.1109/embc.2014.6944113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsComputer SimulationImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyPhantoms, ImagingSignal-To-Noise RatioConceptsImage reconstructionLow-rank modelNon-quadratic regularizationHigh-resolution metabolic imagingSparsely sampled datasetsCapabilities of SPICESPICE frameworkOptimization problemPrimal-dualNon-quadraticImagesSNRAlgorithmDatasetPhantom studySparsenessSpectroscopic imaging methodReconstructionSpectroscopic imagingOptimizationRegularizationMethodCapabilityField-Inhomogeneity-Corrected Low-Rank Filtering of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging Data
Liu Y, Ma C, Clifford B, Lam F, Johnson C, Liang Z. Field-Inhomogeneity-Corrected Low-Rank Filtering of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging Data. Annual International Conference Of The IEEE Engineering In Medicine And Biology Society (EMBC) 2014, 2014: 6422-6425. PMID: 25571466, DOI: 10.1109/embc.2014.6945098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsHumansMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyNeuroimagingSignal Processing, Computer-AssistedSignal-To-Noise RatioSoftware
2012
A mobile NMR system with full spectroscopy capability
Ma C, Liang Z. A mobile NMR system with full spectroscopy capability. Annual International Conference Of The IEEE Engineering In Medicine And Biology Society (EMBC) 2012, 2012: 4022-4025. PMID: 23366810, DOI: 10.1109/embc.2012.6346849.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsElectronicsEnvironmental MonitoringEthanolFluorineMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMonitoring, AmbulatoryPoint-of-Care SystemsSignal Processing, Computer-Assisted