Temporal Signal-to-Noise Changes in Combined Multislice- and In-Plane-Accelerated Echo-Planar Imaging with a 20- and 64-Channel Coil.

Autor: Seidel P; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.; Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal., Levine SM; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany., Tahedl M; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany., Schwarzbach JV; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. jens.schwarzbach@ukr.de.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2020 Mar 26; Vol. 10 (1), pp. 5536. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Mar 26.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62590-y
Abstrakt: Echo-planar imaging (EPI) is the most common method of functional MRI for acquiring the blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) contrast, allowing the acquisition of an entire brain volume within seconds. However, because imaging protocols are limited by hardware (e.g., fast gradient switching), researchers must compromise between spatial resolution, temporal resolution, or whole-brain coverage. Earlier attempts to circumvent this problem included developing protocols in which slices of a volume were acquired faster (i.e., in-plane acceleration (S)) or simultaneously (i.e., multislice acceleration (M)). However, applying acceleration methods can lead to a reduction in the temporal signal-to-noise ratio (tSNR): a critical measure of signal stability over time. Using a 20- and 64-channel receiver coil, we show that enabling S-acceleration consistently yielded a substantial decrease in tSNR, regardless of the receiver coil, whereas M-acceleration yielded less pronounced tSNR decrease. Moreover, tSNR losses tended to occur in temporal, insular, and medial brain regions and were more noticeable with the 20-channel coil, while with the 64-channel coil, the tSNR in lateral frontoparietal regions remained relatively stable up to six-fold M-acceleration producing comparable tSNR to that of no acceleration. Such methodological explorations can guide researchers and clinicians in optimizing imaging protocols depending on the brain regions under investigation.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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