Abstract #3392

Formulating EPI ghost correction as a convolution: Insights into Dual-Polarity GRAPPA by examining kernels of limited extent

W Scott Hoge^1,2,3 and Jonathan R Polimeni^2,4,5

¹Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States, ²Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, United States, ³Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States, ⁴Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States, ⁵Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States

We examine the relationship between traditional 1D linear phase-error correction methods and Dual-Polarity GRAPPA (DPG) for EPI ghost correction. We first show that conventional ghost correction methods based on 1D linear phase errors can be implemented with convolution kernels in k-space, and then generalized in several steps to replicate a typical DPG kernel. We identify that employing multiple phase-encoded lines is important for ghost correction kernel calibration, while incorporating data from multiple channels is critical. Surprisingly, having a kernel extent along the phase-encoded direction is less critical, demonstrating the utility of DPG kernels with limited extent for ghost correction.

This abstract and the presentation materials are available to members only; a login is required.

Join Here