Analysis of the effect of motion on highly accelerated 3D FatNavs in 3D brain images acquired at 3T

Marchetto, Elisa and Gallichan, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0143-2855 2024. Analysis of the effect of motion on highly accelerated 3D FatNavs in 3D brain images acquired at 3T. PLoS ONE 19 (7) , e0306078. 10.1371/journal.pone.0306078

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Abstract

Purpose: 3D FatNavs are rapid acquisitions of MRI fat-volumes within the head that can be used for retrospective motion correction for brain MRI. 3D FatNavs typically use very high acceleration factors and are reconstructed with the GRAPPA parallel imaging technique. However, the GRAPPA reconstruction is not expected to perform well on 3D FatNavs volumes in the presence of strong motion due to the mismatched calibration data acquired once at the start of the scan, leading to motion-parameter misestimation. This study aims to assess the accuracy and precision of 3D FatNav-derived motion-estimates in the presence of large changes in head position. Methods: Rigid motion parameters were simulated and applied retrospectively to the 3D FatNav volumes from MPRAGE datasets acquired at 3T. The transformed images were then re-reconstructed using GRAPPA to simulate real motion deterioration of the fat-navigator, and used to estimate the motion applied and evaluate the tracking inaccuracy. This information was then used to estimate the residual motion after 3D FatNav-based motion correction and applied to the original MPRAGE volumes. The effect of the misestimation was assessed using an image quality metric and the evaluation scores from two observers. Quality boundaries were then estimated to assess the motion tolerance when 3D FatNavs are used. Results: The GRAPPA reconstruction was shown to deteriorate for large changes in the head position, affecting the quality of 3D FatNav volumes and consequently degrading the accuracy of the motion-estimates. Based on our simulations, the estimated threshold of motion that led to a noticeable degradation in the MPRAGE image quality was up to RMS values of 3.7° and 3 mm for rotations and translations respectively. Conclusions: 3D FatNavs were shown to be able to correct for a wide range of motion levels and types. Boundaries of acceptable motion magnitudes for different levels of acceptable loss of image quality were determined.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC)
Additional Information:	License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher:	Public Library of Science
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	26 July 2024
Date of Acceptance:	11 June 2024
Last Modified:	26 Jul 2024 08:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/170946

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