Anatomy-Guided Inverse-Gradient Susceptibility Artifact Correction Method for High-Resolution FMRI

S. T.M. Duong, M. M. Schira, S. L. Phung, A. Bouzerdoum, H. G.B. Taylor

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Abstract

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) is a widely used and non-invasive technique for recording changes in brain activity. However, susceptibility artifacts are ubiquitous distortions in fMRI, especially strong in high-resolution images, causing the misrepresentation of brain function and structure in the affected regions. Here, we present a novel method for correcting these distortions in high-resolution fMRI images based on the hyper-elastic susceptibility artifact correction (HySCO) method. The novelty of the proposed method is the utilization of the easily-acquired T1-weighted ({T}{1w}) anatomy image as a ground-truth measurement to regularize deformations, thereby obtaining meaningful corrections. The performance of the new method is compared to that of HySCO. Results from high-resolution (1mm) EPI data are presented demonstrating the robustness of the new method for image correction and its suitability for subsequent fMRI analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2018 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages786-790
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9781538646588
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Sept 2018
Event2018 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2018 - Calgary, Canada
Duration: 15 Apr 201820 Apr 2018

Publication series

NameICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
Volume2018-April
ISSN (Print)1520-6149

Conference

Conference2018 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2018
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityCalgary
Period15/04/1820/04/18

Keywords

  • Anatomy-guided
  • Artifact correction
  • High-resolution fMRI
  • Inverse-gradient
  • Susceptibility artifact

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