Simultaneous multi-slice magnetic resonance imaging

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Abstract
The slow acquisition speed of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) hinders its wider adoption as a diagnostic and research tool. In recent years, simultaneous multi-slice (SMS) MRI has been proposed to accelerate MRI scans. The main focus of this dissertation is to develop a generic and accurate data reconstruction framework, termed hybrid-space SENSE, for SMS MRI. To evaluate the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) loss in the reconstruction, analytical geometry-factor maps are derived. Under the proposed framework, a matrix-decoding Nyquist ghosting correction method is further developed to conduct slice-specific Nyquist ghosting correction for SMS echo planar imaging. This dissertation also presents work on three other aspects of SMS MRI: one is designing undersampling strategies that generate incoherent interslice aliasing; another is de-signing autocalibrating undersampling schemes; the third aspect is designing signal excitation radiofrequency (RF) pulse with reduced peak amplitude.

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Type of resource text
Form electronic; electronic resource; remote
Extent 1 online resource.
Publication date 2017
Issuance monographic
Language English

Creators/Contributors

Associated with Zhu, Kangrong
Associated with Stanford University, Department of Electrical Engineering.
Primary advisor Pauly, John (John M.)
Thesis advisor Pauly, John (John M.)
Thesis advisor Kerr, Adam Bruce, 1965-
Thesis advisor Nishimura, Dwight George
Advisor Kerr, Adam Bruce, 1965-
Advisor Nishimura, Dwight George

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Bibliographic information

Statement of responsibility Kangrong Zhu.
Note Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering.
Thesis Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2017.
Location electronic resource

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© 2017 by Kangrong Zhu
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).

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