Diffusion MRI using two-dimensional single-shot radial imaging (2D ss-rDWI) with variable flip angle and random view ordering.

Magn Reson Imaging

Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America; Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. Electronic address:

Published: September 2019

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Purpose: The main objective of this study is to develop a 2D single-shot radial-DWI (2D ss-rDWI) technique to reduce motion artifacts and geometric distortion in DW images.

Method: A diffusion-preparation module is developed and applied prior to the data acquisition. Because the diffusion-prepared longitudinal magnetization is measured over multiple RF excitations in each shot, 2D ss-rDWI is subject to low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). We used variable-flip angle (VFA), random view ordering (RVO), and sliding spokes, and compared the performances to constant flip angle (CFA), smooth view ordering (SVO), and identical spoke averaging, respectively. For each technique, we performed numerical simulation and MRI experiments on a fluid phantom as well as in-vivo human brain studies with a 3 T MRI system.

Results: Using VFA, optimal SNR was acquired for 2D ss-rDWI. Using SVO, the high signal is clustered at specific quadrant in 2D k-space: the first quadrant using high initial flip angle or the last quadrant using the low flip angle. This clustered signal in k-space led to geometric distortion in image space. 2D ss-rDWI using RVO spreads the high signaled spokes over all angular directions and removes the view-order-related distortion. The in-vivo images using 2D ss-rDWI with VFA and RVO show no geometric distortion at the skull base brain, but greatly reduced SNR compared with those using 2D ss-DWEPI.

Conclusion: 2D ss-rDWI is optimized by using VFA with RVO. The resultant DWI using 2D ss-rDWI is insensitive to motion-induced artifacts and geometric distortion. Even with low SNR, it may be useful for DWI of organs limited by severe susceptibility-induced geometric distortion.

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