Ghost artifacts occur in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reconstruction because odd and even echoes have different phase offsets. A method based on the projection in hybrid-space is described to remove ghost artifa...Ghost artifacts occur in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reconstruction because odd and even echoes have different phase offsets. A method based on the projection in hybrid-space is described to remove ghost artifacts. First, the projection of the even and odd lines along phase-encoding direction in hybrid-space was used to estimate the phase difference between odd and even echoes. Secondly, we fit the phase difference and used it to correct the phase of even or odd echoes. Finally, the corrected image was obtained by performing the inverse Fourier transform along phase-encoding direction in hybrid-space. The experimental results show that linear and nonlinear differences can be corrected and the intensity of ghost artifacts is significantly reduced. The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated in ghost artifact removal.展开更多
Objective To investigate the clinical value of different magnetic resonance (MR) pulse sequences in diagnosis of spinal metastatic tumor. Methods Fifteen patients with clinically suspected spinal metastatic tumor were...Objective To investigate the clinical value of different magnetic resonance (MR) pulse sequences in diagnosis of spinal metastatic tumor. Methods Fifteen patients with clinically suspected spinal metastatic tumor were included in this study. These patients were with documented primary tumors. Four MR pulse sequences, T1-weighted spin echo (T1WI SE), T2-weighted fast spin echo (T2WI FSE), short time inversion recovery (STIR), and gradient echo 2-D multi echo data imaging combination (GE Me-2D) were used to detect spinal metastasis. Results Fifteen vertebral bodies were entire involvement, 38 vertebral bodies were section involvement, and totally 53 vertebral bodies were involved. There were 19 focal infections in pedicle of vertebral arch, 15 metastases in spinous process and transverse process. Fifty-three vertebral bodies were abnormal in T1WI SE and GE Me-2D, 35 vertebral bodies were found abnormal in T2WI FSE, and 50 vertebral bodies were found abnormal in STIR. The verges of focal signal of involved vertebral bodies were comparatively clear in T1WI SE, comparatively clear or vague in T2WI FSE, vague in STIR, and clear in GE Me-2D.Conclusions GE Me-2D may be the most sensitive technique to detect metastases. So three sequences (T1WI SE, T2WI FSE, GE Me-2D) can demonstrate the early changes of spinal metastasis roundly.展开更多
Wide-angle echo data of submarine sedimentary beds are collected by a system composed of a seismic profiler and a hydrophone streamer towed behind the profiler. Usually the wide-angle echo data are processed with comm...Wide-angle echo data of submarine sedimentary beds are collected by a system composed of a seismic profiler and a hydrophone streamer towed behind the profiler. Usually the wide-angle echo data are processed with common-depth-point stack method to obtain the stacked section for gcological interpretation. When the acoustic velocity of the sedimentary layers has a lateral variation, the stacked section does not represent the real structure of sedimentary layers. Based on this stacked section, we would probably draw a false conclusion.In case of knowing the acoustic velocity of sedimentary beds, we may remove the distortions caused by acoustic velocity lateral variations from the stacked section with acoustie wave equation Kirchhoff integration which continues the wave fields in downgoing and upgoing directions respectively. Thus the accurate image of the structure of submarine sedimentary layers is obtained.展开更多
文摘Ghost artifacts occur in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reconstruction because odd and even echoes have different phase offsets. A method based on the projection in hybrid-space is described to remove ghost artifacts. First, the projection of the even and odd lines along phase-encoding direction in hybrid-space was used to estimate the phase difference between odd and even echoes. Secondly, we fit the phase difference and used it to correct the phase of even or odd echoes. Finally, the corrected image was obtained by performing the inverse Fourier transform along phase-encoding direction in hybrid-space. The experimental results show that linear and nonlinear differences can be corrected and the intensity of ghost artifacts is significantly reduced. The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated in ghost artifact removal.
文摘Objective To investigate the clinical value of different magnetic resonance (MR) pulse sequences in diagnosis of spinal metastatic tumor. Methods Fifteen patients with clinically suspected spinal metastatic tumor were included in this study. These patients were with documented primary tumors. Four MR pulse sequences, T1-weighted spin echo (T1WI SE), T2-weighted fast spin echo (T2WI FSE), short time inversion recovery (STIR), and gradient echo 2-D multi echo data imaging combination (GE Me-2D) were used to detect spinal metastasis. Results Fifteen vertebral bodies were entire involvement, 38 vertebral bodies were section involvement, and totally 53 vertebral bodies were involved. There were 19 focal infections in pedicle of vertebral arch, 15 metastases in spinous process and transverse process. Fifty-three vertebral bodies were abnormal in T1WI SE and GE Me-2D, 35 vertebral bodies were found abnormal in T2WI FSE, and 50 vertebral bodies were found abnormal in STIR. The verges of focal signal of involved vertebral bodies were comparatively clear in T1WI SE, comparatively clear or vague in T2WI FSE, vague in STIR, and clear in GE Me-2D.Conclusions GE Me-2D may be the most sensitive technique to detect metastases. So three sequences (T1WI SE, T2WI FSE, GE Me-2D) can demonstrate the early changes of spinal metastasis roundly.
文摘Wide-angle echo data of submarine sedimentary beds are collected by a system composed of a seismic profiler and a hydrophone streamer towed behind the profiler. Usually the wide-angle echo data are processed with common-depth-point stack method to obtain the stacked section for gcological interpretation. When the acoustic velocity of the sedimentary layers has a lateral variation, the stacked section does not represent the real structure of sedimentary layers. Based on this stacked section, we would probably draw a false conclusion.In case of knowing the acoustic velocity of sedimentary beds, we may remove the distortions caused by acoustic velocity lateral variations from the stacked section with acoustie wave equation Kirchhoff integration which continues the wave fields in downgoing and upgoing directions respectively. Thus the accurate image of the structure of submarine sedimentary layers is obtained.