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Understanding the physical relations governing the noise navigator.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The noise navigator is a passive way to detect physiological motion occurring in a patient through thermal noise modulations measured by standard clinical radiofrequency receive coils. The aim is to gain a deeper understanding of the potential and applications of physiologically induced thermal noise modulations.

Methods

Numerical electromagnetic simulations and MR measurements were performed to investigate the relative contribution of tissue displacement versus modulation of the dielectric lung properties over the respiratory cycle, the impact of coil diameter and position with respect to the body. Furthermore, the spatial motion sensitivity of specific noise covariance matrix elements of a receive array was investigated.

Results

The influence of dielectric lung property variations on the noise variance is negligible compared to tissue displacement. Coil size affected the thermal noise variance modulation, but the location of the coil with respect to the body had a larger impact. The modulation depth of a 15 cm diameter stationary coil approximately 3 cm away from the chest (i.e. radiotherapy setup) was 39.7% compared to 4.2% for a coil of the same size on the chest, moving along with respiratory motion. A combination of particular noise covariance matrix elements creates a specific spatial sensitivity for motion.

Conclusions

The insight gained on the physical relations governing the noise navigator will allow for optimized use and development of new applications. An optimized combination of elements from the noise covariance matrix offer new ways of performing, e.g. motion tracking.

SUBMITTER: Navest RJM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6771522 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Understanding the physical relations governing the noise navigator.

Navest R J M RJM Mandija S S Andreychenko A A Raaijmakers A J E AJE Lagendijk J J W JJW van den Berg C A T CAT

Magnetic resonance in medicine 20190717 6

<h4>Purpose</h4>The noise navigator is a passive way to detect physiological motion occurring in a patient through thermal noise modulations measured by standard clinical radiofrequency receive coils. The aim is to gain a deeper understanding of the potential and applications of physiologically induced thermal noise modulations.<h4>Methods</h4>Numerical electromagnetic simulations and MR measurements were performed to investigate the relative contribution of tissue displacement versus modulation ...[more]

PMID: 31317566

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