Ryan Topfer1,
2, Ferdinand Schweser3, Andreas Deistung4, Alan
H. Wilman1, 2, Jrgen R. Reichenbach3
1Department
of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; 2Department
of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; 3Medical
Physics Group, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology I, Jena
University Hospital - Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Thuringia,
Germany; 4Medical Physics Group, Institute of Diagnostic and
Interventional Radiology I, Jena University Hospital - Friedrich Schiller
University Jena, Jena, Thuringia, Germany
SHARP and PDF, two recently proposed techniques for filtering B0 field (phase) maps, share a common pitfall: failure to accurately filter background field near the edges of the brain (e.g. cortex). This study presents an adaptation to conventional SHARP whereby