ISMRM Raw data format: A proposed standard for MRI raw datasets.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This work proposes the ISMRM Raw Data format as a common MR raw data format, which promotes algorithm and data sharing.

Methods

A file format consisting of a flexible header and tagged frames of k-space data was designed. Application Programming Interfaces were implemented in C/C++, MATLAB, and Python. Converters for Bruker, General Electric, Philips, and Siemens proprietary file formats were implemented in C++. Raw data were collected using magnetic resonance imaging scanners from four vendors, converted to ISMRM Raw Data format, and reconstructed using software implemented in three programming languages (C++, MATLAB, Python).

Results

Images were obtained by reconstructing the raw data from all vendors. The source code, raw data, and images comprising this wo

SUBMITTER: Inati SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4967038 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature