Estimation of the dynamic volume of each lung via rapid limited-slice dynamic MRI

You Hao; Jayaram K. Udupa; Yubing Tong; Caiyun Wu; Hua Li; Joseph M. McDonough; Carina Lott; Jason B. Anari; Drew A. Torigian; Patrick J. Cahill

doi:10.1117/12.2581952

15 February 2021 Estimation of the dynamic volume of each lung via rapid limited-slice dynamic MRI

You Hao, Jayaram K. Udupa, Yubing Tong, Caiyun Wu, Hua Li, Joseph M. McDonough, Carina Lott, Jason B. Anari, Drew A. Torigian, Patrick J. Cahill

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Proceedings Volume 11595, Medical Imaging 2021: Physics of Medical Imaging; 115954Y (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2581952
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2021, Online Only

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Dynamic lung volumetric parameters are useful for clinical assessment of many thoracic disorders, given that respiration is a dynamic process. Estimation of such parameters based on imaging and analysis is an important goal to achieve if implementation in routine clinical practice is to become a reality. Compared to CT, dynamic thoracic MRI has several advantages including better soft tissue contrast, lack of ionizing radiation, and flexibility in selecting scanning planes. 4D dynamic MRI seems to be the best choice for some clinical applications, notwithstanding the major limitation of a long image acquisition time (~45 minutes). Therefore, approaches to acquire images and estimate volumetric parameters rapidly is highly desirable in dynamic MRI-based clinical applications. In this paper, we present a technique for estimating lung volumetric parameters from limited-slices dynamic thoracic MRI, greatly reducing the number of slices to be scanned and therefore also the time required for image acquisition. We demonstrate a relative RMS error of predicted lung volumes of less than 5% by utilizing only 5 sagittal MRI slices through each lung compared to the current full scan involving about 20 slices per lung. As such, this approach can lead to time-saving during scan acquisition and therefore increased patient comfort and convenience for practical real-world clinical applications. This may potentially also improve image quality and usability due to the reduction of patient motion, abnormal breathing patterns, etc. ensuing from improved patient comfort and scan duration.

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You Hao, Jayaram K. Udupa, Yubing Tong, Caiyun Wu, Hua Li, Joseph M. McDonough, Carina Lott, Jason B. Anari, Drew A. Torigian, and Patrick J. Cahill "Estimation of the dynamic volume of each lung via rapid limited-slice dynamic MRI", Proc. SPIE 11595, Medical Imaging 2021: Physics of Medical Imaging, 115954Y (15 February 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2581952

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