Electric potential energy optimized 3D radial sampling trajectories for MRI.

ABSTRACT: A novel method for creating "golden" 3D center-out radial MRI sampling trajectories was developed and analyzed. This method, called ELECTRO (ELECTRic potential energy Optimized), uses repulsive forces to minimize electric potential energy. An objective function [Formula: see text], the electric potential energies of all subsets of consecutive readouts in a 3D radial trajectory, and its reduced form were minimized using a multi-stage optimization strategy. A metric called normalized mean nearest neighbor angular distance (NMNA) was proposed for describing distributions of points on a sphere. ELECTRO and other relevant golden trajectories were compared in silico using NMNA and point spread function analysis. Consecutive readouts from an ELECTRO trajectory were well spread out, with consisten

SUBMITTER: Huynh C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11480509 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature