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Denoising of arterial spin labeling data: wavelet-domain filtering compared with Gaussian smoothing.

Bibic, Adnan LU ; Knutsson, Linda LU orcid ; Ståhlberg, Freddy LU and Wirestam, Ronnie LU orcid (2010) In Magma 23(3). p.125-137
Abstract
PURPOSE: To investigate a wavelet-based filtering scheme for denoising of arterial spin labeling (ASL) data, potentially enabling reduction of the required number of averages and the acquisition time. METHODS: ASL magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides quantitative perfusion maps by using arterial water as an endogenous tracer. The signal difference between a labeled image, where inflowing arterial spins are inverted, and a control image is proportional to blood perfusion. ASL perfusion maps suffer from low SNR, and the experiment must be repeated a number of times (typically more than 40) to achieve adequate image quality. In this study, systematic errors introduced by the proposed wavelet-domain filtering approach were investigated in... (More)
PURPOSE: To investigate a wavelet-based filtering scheme for denoising of arterial spin labeling (ASL) data, potentially enabling reduction of the required number of averages and the acquisition time. METHODS: ASL magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides quantitative perfusion maps by using arterial water as an endogenous tracer. The signal difference between a labeled image, where inflowing arterial spins are inverted, and a control image is proportional to blood perfusion. ASL perfusion maps suffer from low SNR, and the experiment must be repeated a number of times (typically more than 40) to achieve adequate image quality. In this study, systematic errors introduced by the proposed wavelet-domain filtering approach were investigated in simulated and experimental image datasets and compared with conventional Gaussian smoothing. RESULTS: Application of the proposed method enabled a reduction of the number of averages and the acquisition time by at least 50% with retained standard deviation, but with effects on absolute CBF values close to borders and edges. CONCLUSIONS: When the ASL perfusion maps showed moderate-to-high SNRs, wavelet-domain filtering was superior to Gaussian smoothing in the vicinity of borders between gray and white matter, while Gaussian smoothing was a better choice for larger homogeneous areas, irrespective of SNR. (Less)
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10.1007/s10334-010-0209-8
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MRI brain perfusion quantification at 3 tesla using arterial spin labeling
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  author       = {{Bibic, Adnan and Knutsson, Linda and Ståhlberg, Freddy and Wirestam, Ronnie}},
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  series       = {{Magma}},
  title        = {{Denoising of arterial spin labeling data: wavelet-domain filtering compared with Gaussian smoothing.}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/3194729/1653281.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s10334-010-0209-8}},
  volume       = {{23}},
  year         = {{2010}},
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