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Relaxation time (T 10) estimation using variable flip angle sequences is a key step for pharmacokinetic (PK) analysis of tumours in DCE-MRI exams. In this study, the effects of motion within flip angle sequences on the T 10 and subsequent K trans and k ep estimation were examined. It was found that errors in T 10 estimation caused by motion had a significant impact on subsequent PK analysis. A new similarity metric, based on the T 10 regression error, for groupwise motion correction of variable flip angle sequences is proposed and compared against Groupwise Normalized Mutual Information (GNMI). In rigid registration experiments on simulated data, the new metric outperformed GNMI, showing an improvement alignment of over 14% in terms of average target registration error, which is also reflected by a lower T 10 estimation error. Finally, registration was applied to 46 clinical sequences to identify the average amount of motion found in this type of acquisition; this showed an estimated displacement of 0.98mm, which could lead to over 25% K trans estimation error if motion were not corrected.
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Hallack, A., Chappell, M.A., Gooding, M.J., Schnabel, J.A. (2014). A New Similarity Metric for Groupwise Registration of Variable Flip Angle Sequences for Improved T 10 Estimation in DCE-MRI. In: Ourselin, S., Modat, M. (eds) Biomedical Image Registration. WBIR 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8545. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08554-8_16
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