Abstract #2481

Joint Inference of Field Inhomogeneities with Fat Likelihood Estimation from Three Echoes

Wenmiao Lu¹, Yi Lu²

¹Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States; ²Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States

This work presents a joint inference algorithm which effectively combines the field map smoothness constraint and the fat likelihood estimated from three echoes. This technique is potentially useful for motion-sensitive applications, such as liver fat quantification.