Field of view extension and truncation correction for MR-based human attenuation correction in simultaneous MR/PET imaging

Ladebeck, Ralf; Fenchel, Matthias; Braun, Harald; Quick, Harald H.; Faul, David; Scheffler, Klaus

doi:10.1118/1.4861097

Title: Field of view extension and truncation correction for MR-based human attenuation correction in simultaneous MR/PET imaging

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Purpose: In quantitative PET imaging, it is critical to accurately measure and compensate for the attenuation of the photons absorbed in the tissue. While in PET/CT the linear attenuation coefficients can be easily determined from a low-dose CT-based transmission scan, in whole-body MR/PET the computation of the linear attenuation coefficients is based on the MR data. However, a constraint of the MR-based attenuation correction (AC) is the MR-inherent field-of-view (FoV) limitation due to static magnetic field (B{sub 0}) inhomogeneities and gradient nonlinearities. Therefore, the MR-based human AC map may be truncated or geometrically distorted toward the edges of the FoV and, consequently, the PET reconstruction with MR-based AC may be biased. This is especially of impact laterally where the patient arms rest beside the body and are not fully considered. Methods: A method is proposed to extend the MR FoV by determining an optimal readout gradient field which locally compensates B{sub 0} inhomogeneities and gradient nonlinearities. This technique was used to reduce truncation in AC maps of 12 patients, and the impact on the PET quantification was analyzed and compared to truncated data without applying the FoV extension and additionally to an established approach of PET-based FoV extension. Results: Themore »« less

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Ladebeck, Ralf; Fenchel, Matthias ^[1]; Braun, Harald; Quick, Harald H. ^[2]; Faul, David ^[3]; Scheffler, Klaus ^[4]

Magnetic Resonance, Siemens AG Healthcare Sector, Erlangen 91052 (Germany)
Institute of Medical Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen 91052 (Germany)
Siemens Medical Solutions, New York, New York 10015 (United States)
MRC Department, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen 72076, Germany and Department of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen 72076 (Germany)

Publication Date:: Sat Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2014

OSTI Identifier:: 22251159

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Medical Physics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 41; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: (c) 2014 American Association of Physicists in Medicine; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-2405

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ANIMAL TISSUES; ATTENUATION; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CORRECTIONS; HYBRIDIZATION; IMAGES; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIMITING VALUES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PATIENTS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSES; READOUT SYSTEMS

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                    Blumhagen, Jan O., E-mail: janole.blumhagen@siemens.com, Ladebeck, Ralf, Fenchel, Matthias, Braun, Harald, Quick, Harald H., Faul, David, and Scheffler, Klaus. Field of view extension and truncation correction for MR-based human attenuation correction in simultaneous MR/PET imaging.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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                    Blumhagen, Jan O., E-mail: janole.blumhagen@siemens.com, Ladebeck, Ralf, Fenchel, Matthias, Braun, Harald, Quick, Harald H., Faul, David, & Scheffler, Klaus. Field of view extension and truncation correction for MR-based human attenuation correction in simultaneous MR/PET imaging.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4861097

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                    Blumhagen, Jan O., E-mail: janole.blumhagen@siemens.com, Ladebeck, Ralf, Fenchel, Matthias, Braun, Harald, Quick, Harald H., Faul, David, and Scheffler, Klaus. 2014.  
        "Field of view extension and truncation correction for MR-based human attenuation correction in simultaneous MR/PET imaging".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4861097.

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@article{osti_22251159,

  title        = {Field of view extension and truncation correction for MR-based human attenuation correction in simultaneous MR/PET imaging},

  author       = {Blumhagen, Jan O., E-mail: janole.blumhagen@siemens.com and Ladebeck, Ralf and Fenchel, Matthias and Braun, Harald and Quick, Harald H. and Faul, David and Scheffler, Klaus},

  abstractNote = {Purpose: In quantitative PET imaging, it is critical to accurately measure and compensate for the attenuation of the photons absorbed in the tissue. While in PET/CT the linear attenuation coefficients can be easily determined from a low-dose CT-based transmission scan, in whole-body MR/PET the computation of the linear attenuation coefficients is based on the MR data. However, a constraint of the MR-based attenuation correction (AC) is the MR-inherent field-of-view (FoV) limitation due to static magnetic field (B{sub 0}) inhomogeneities and gradient nonlinearities. Therefore, the MR-based human AC map may be truncated or geometrically distorted toward the edges of the FoV and, consequently, the PET reconstruction with MR-based AC may be biased. This is especially of impact laterally where the patient arms rest beside the body and are not fully considered. Methods: A method is proposed to extend the MR FoV by determining an optimal readout gradient field which locally compensates B{sub 0} inhomogeneities and gradient nonlinearities. This technique was used to reduce truncation in AC maps of 12 patients, and the impact on the PET quantification was analyzed and compared to truncated data without applying the FoV extension and additionally to an established approach of PET-based FoV extension. Results: The truncation artifacts in the MR-based AC maps were successfully reduced in all patients, and the mean body volume was thereby increased by 5.4%. In some cases large patient-dependent changes in SUV of up to 30% were observed in individual lesions when compared to the standard truncated attenuation map. Conclusions: The proposed technique successfully extends the MR FoV in MR-based attenuation correction and shows an improvement of PET quantification in whole-body MR/PET hybrid imaging. In comparison to the PET-based completion of the truncated body contour, the proposed method is also applicable to specialized PET tracers with little uptake in the arms and might reduce the computation time by obviating the need for iterative calculations of the PET emission data beyond those required for reconstructing images.},

  doi          = {10.1118/1.4861097},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22251159},
  journal      = {Medical Physics},

  issn         = {0094-2405},

  number       = 2,

  volume       = 41,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sat Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2014},

  month        = {Sat Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2014}

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