Purpose: To study the effects of image sharpening and low spatial frequency removal on the quality of qMRI maps of T1, T2, and proton density (PD). Methods: Previously developed qMRI algorithms, augmented with specialized image filters, were tested with a gel based phantom containing three distinct solutions of variable gadolinium, sucrose, and agarose concentrations. Results: Images were successfully sharpened without significantly effecting pixel values of T1 and T2 weighted maps, while removing PD map spatial artifacts in the gadolinium vials. Conclusion: Unsharp masking and spatial flattening algorithms are effective methods for enhancing qMRI quality toward generating more accurate Synthetic-MRI maps.
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