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1 The Problem of Noise in MRI |
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1.1 Thermal Noise in Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
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1.2 Organization of the Book |
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Part I Noise Models and the Noise Analysis Problem |
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2 Acquisition and Reconstruction of Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
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2.1 Physics of Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
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2.2 The k-Space and the x-Space |
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2.3 Single-Coil Acquisition Process |
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2.4 Multiple-Coil Acquisition Process |
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2.5 Accelerated Acquisitions: Parallel Imaging |
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2.5.1 The Problem of Acceleration: Subsampling |
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2.5.2 Sensitivity Encoding (SENSE) |
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2.5.3 Generalized Autocalibrating Partially Parallel Acquisition (GRAPPA) |
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3 Statistical Noise Models for MRI |
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3.1 Complex Single-and Multiple-Coil MR Signals |
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3.3 Fully Sampled Multiple-Coil Acquisition |
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3.3.1 Uncorrected Multiple-Coil with SoS |
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3.3.2 Correlated Multiple-Coil with SoS |
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3.3.3 Multiple-Coil with SMF Reconstruction |
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3.4 Statistical Models for pMRI Acquisitions |
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3.4.1 General Noise Models in pMRI |
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3.4.2 Statistical Model in SENSE Reconstructed Images |
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3.4.3 Statistical Model in GRAPPA Reconstructed Images |
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3.5 Some Practical Examples |
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3.5.1 Single-Coil Acquisitions |
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3.5.2 Multiple-Coil Acquisitions |
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4 Noise Analysis in MRI: Overview |
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4.1 The Problem of Noise Estimation: An Introductory Example |
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4.1.1 A Practical Problem |
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4.1.2 Analysis of the Data |
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4.1.3 Estimation Procedure |
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4.1.4 Other Estimation Issues |
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4.2 Main Issues About Noise Analysis in MRI |
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4.2.1 The Noise Model of the Data |
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4.2.2 The Stationarity of the Noise |
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4.2.4 Quantification of Data |
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4.2.5 Single Versus Multiple Sample Estimation |
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4.2.6 Practical Implementation |
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4.3 Noise Analysis Practical Methodology |
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5.1 Noise Filtering and Signal Estimation in MRI |
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5.2 The Importance of Noise Filtering |
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5.3 Noise Suppression/Reduction Methods |
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5.3.1 Noise Correction During the Acquisition |
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5.3.2 Generic Filtering Algorithms |
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5.3.3 Transform Domain Filters |
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5.3.4 Statistical Methods |
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5.4 Case Study: The LMMSE Signal Estimator |
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5.4.1 Original Formulation: Signal Estimation for the General Rician Model |
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5.4.2 Extension to Multiple Samples |
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5.4.3 Recursive LMMSE Filter |
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5.4.4 Extension to nc-Χ Data |
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5.4.5 Extension for an Specific Application: DWI Filtering |
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115 | (4) |
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Part II Noise Analysis in Nonaccelerated Acquisitions |
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6 Noise Estimation in the Complex Domain |
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6.1 Single-Coil Estimation |
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6.2 Multiple-Coil Estimation |
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6.2.1 Variance in Each Coil |
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6.2.2 Covariance Matrix and Correlation Coefficient |
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6.2.3 Reconstruction Process |
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6.3 Non-stationary Noise Analysis |
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6.4 Examples and Performance Evaluation |
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7 Noise Estimation in Single-Coil MR Data |
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7.1 Noise Estimators for Rayleigh/Rician Data |
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142 | (11) |
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7.1.1 Estimators Based on a Rayleigh Background |
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142 | (5) |
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7.1.2 Estimators Based on the Signal Area |
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7.2 Estimators Based on Local Moments: A Detailed Study |
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7.3 Performance of the Estimators |
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7.3.1 Performance Evaluation with Synthetic Data |
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7.3.2 Performance Evaluation Over Real Data |
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164 | (6) |
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8 Noise Estimation in Multiple-Coil MR Data |
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173 | (14) |
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8.1 Uncorrelated Data and SMF Reconstruction |
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174 | (1) |
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8.2 Noise Estimation Assuming a nc-Χ Distribution |
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174 | (6) |
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8.2.1 Estimators Based on a c-Χ Background |
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175 | (2) |
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8.2.2 Estimators Based on the Signal Area |
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8.3 Performance of the Estimators |
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180 | (5) |
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8.3.1 Performance Evaluation with Synthetic Data |
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180 | (3) |
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8.3.2 Performance Evaluation Over Real Data |
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183 | (2) |
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8.4 Final Remarks About the Estimators |
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185 | (2) |
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9 Parametric Noise Analysis from Correlated Multiple-Coil MR Data |
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9.1 Parametric Noise Estimation for Correlated Multiple-Coil with SMF |
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188 | (3) |
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9.1.1 Background-Based Estimation |
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189 | (1) |
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9.1.2 Estimation Based on Signal Area |
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190 | (1) |
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9.2 Noise Estimation for Correlated SoS |
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191 | (6) |
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9.2.2 Estimation of Effective Values |
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194 | (2) |
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9.2.3 Simplified Estimation |
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196 | (1) |
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9.3 Performance of the Estimators |
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197 | (9) |
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9.3.1 Correlated Coils with SMF |
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9.3.2 Correlated Coils with SoS |
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200 | (2) |
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202 | (4) |
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206 | (5) |
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Part III Noise Estimators in pMRI |
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10 Parametric Noise Analysis in Parallel MRI |
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211 | (18) |
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10.1 Noise Estimation in SENSE |
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212 | (3) |
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10.2 Noise Estimation in GRAPPA with SMF Reconstruction |
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215 | (1) |
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10.3 Noise Estimation in GRAPPA with SoS Reconstruction |
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10.3.1 Practical Simplifications over the GRAPPA Model |
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10.3.3 Estimation of Effective Values in GRAPPA |
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10.3.4 Gaussian Simplification |
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219 | (1) |
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10.4 Examples and Performance of the Estimators |
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220 | (7) |
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10.4.1 Noise Estimation in SENSE |
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220 | (3) |
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10.4.2 Noise Estimation in GRAPPA |
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223 | (4) |
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227 | (2) |
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11 Blind Estimation of Non-stationary Noise in MRI |
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229 | (46) |
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11.1 Non-stationary Noise Estimation in MRI |
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230 | (19) |
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11.1.1 Non-stationary Gaussian Noise Estimators |
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231 | (5) |
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236 | (9) |
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11.1.3 Noncentral Χ Estimation |
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245 | (2) |
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11.1.4 Estimation Along Multiple MR Scans |
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247 | (2) |
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11.2 A Homomorphic Approach to Non-stationary Noise Estimation |
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249 | (7) |
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251 | (2) |
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11.3 Performance of the Estimators |
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256 | (17) |
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11.3.1 Non-stationary Rician Noise |
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256 | (13) |
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11.3.2 Non-stationary Nc-Χ Noise |
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269 | (4) |
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Appendix A Probability Distributions and Combination of Random Variables |
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Appendix B Variance-Stabilizing Transformation |
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Appendix C Data Sets Used in the Experiments |
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References |
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Index |
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