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Realistic head-shaped phantom with brain-mimicking metabolites for 7 T spectroscopy and spectroscopic imaging.

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Purpose

Moving to ultra-high fields (?7 T), the inhomogeneity of both RF (B₁ ) and static (B₀ ) magnetic fields increases, which further motivates us to design a realistic head-shaped phantom, especially for spectroscopic imaging. Such phantoms provide images similar to the human brain and serve as a reliable tool for developing and examining methods in MRI. This study aims to develop and characterize a realistic head-shaped phantom filled with brain-mimicking metabolites for MRS and magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging in a 7 T MRI scanner.

Methods

A 3D head-shaped container with three sections-mimicking brain, muscle and precranial lipid-was constructed. The phantom was designed to provide robustness to heating, mechanical damage and leakage, with easy refilling. The head's shape and the agarose mixture were optimized to provide B₀ and B₁ distributions and T₁ /T₂ relaxation values similar to those of human brain. Eight brain-tissue-mimicking metabolites were included for spectroscopy. The phantom was evaluated for localized spectroscopy, fast spectroscopic imaging and fat suppression.

Results

The B₀ and B₁ maps showed distribution similar to that of human brain, with increased B₀ inhomogeneity near the nasal and ear areas and reduced B₁ in the temporal lobe and brain stem regions, as expected in vivo. The metabolites' concentrations were verified by single-voxel spectroscopy, showing an average deviation of 11%. Fast spectroscopic imaging and imaging with fat suppression were demonstrated.

Conclusion

A 3D head-shaped phantom for human brain imaging and spectroscopic imaging in 7 T MRI was demonstrated, making it a realistic phantom for methodology development at 7 T.

SUBMITTER: Jona G

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7757235 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Realistic head-shaped phantom with brain-mimicking metabolites for 7 T spectroscopy and spectroscopic imaging.

Jona Ghil G Furman-Haran Edna E Schmidt Rita R

NMR in biomedicine 20201004 1

<h4>Purpose</h4>Moving to ultra-high fields (≥7 T), the inhomogeneity of both RF (B<sub>1</sub> ) and static (B<sub>0</sub> ) magnetic fields increases, which further motivates us to design a realistic head-shaped phantom, especially for spectroscopic imaging. Such phantoms provide images similar to the human brain and serve as a reliable tool for developing and examining methods in MRI. This study aims to develop and characterize a realistic head-shaped phantom filled with brain-mimicking metab ...[more]

PMID: 33015864

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Realistic head-shaped phantom with brain-mimicking metabolites for 7 T spectroscopy and spectroscopic imaging.

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Realistic head-shaped phantom with brain-mimicking metabolites for 7 T spectroscopy and spectroscopic imaging.

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