WO2013032933A2 - Methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction - Google Patents
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- This invention relates generally to the field of biomedical imaging, and more specifically to a system for correcting defects in medical images that are caused by a subject's movement during an in vivo (in the living body) magnetic resonance scan.
- Tomographic imaging techniques generate images of multiple slices of an object.
- Some commonly used tomographic imaging techniques include magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) techniques, which are ideal for assessing the structure, physiology, chemistry and function of the living brain and other organs, in vivo and non-invasively.
- MRI magnetic resonance imaging
- MRS magnetic resonance spectroscopy
- scans are of long duration, usually lasting several minutes.
- To increase resolution (detail) of a tomographic scan more slices and more scanning steps must be used, which further increases the duration of a scan. Scans may also be of long duration in order to obtain sufficient signal-to-noise ratio.
- Magnetic resonance techniques including tomographic techniques
- MR magnetic resonance techniques
- MRI Magnetic resonance techniques
- an intra-scan motion correction system comprises: an electronic memory storage configured to store modules; and a computer processor configured to execute the modules comprising at least: a motion tracking module configured to receive pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and a correction gradient calculation module configured to calculate a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, and wherein the correction gradient is to be applied to the subject to correct one or more initial errors in magnetic gradient moment due to movement of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan.
- an intra-scan motion correction system comprises: an electronic memory storage configured to store modules; and a computer processor configured to execute the modules comprising at least: a motion tracking module configured to receive pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems over a computer network during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and an error correction module configured to calculate a gradient moment based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the calculated gradient moment, and wherein the one or more errors in the gradient moment are corrected during reconstruction.
- an intra-scan motion correction system comprises: an electronic memory storage configured to store modules; and a computer processor configured to execute the modules comprising at least: a motion tracking module configured to receive pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems over a computer network during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and an error correction module configured to calculate a phase based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the phase, and wherein the one or more errors in the phase are corrected during reconstruction.
- a computer-implemented method of correcting for intra-scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan comprises: generating by a magnetic resonance scanner a magnetic field gradient and a radiofrequency signal for the magnetic resonance scan; tracking by a motion tracking system one or more pose parameters of a subject and transmitting pose data corresponding to the tracked one or more pose parameters at a given time to the magnetic resonance scanner; calculating by a correction gradient calculation module a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the transmitted pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan; applying by the magnetic resonance scanner the correction gradient to the subject prior to detecting signals emitted from the subject to correct one or more initial errors in magnetic gradient moment due to movement of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan; and detecting by the magnetic resonance scanner the signals emitted from the subject for data acquisition, wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
- a computer-implemented method of correcting for intra- scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan comprises: receiving by a motion tracking module pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems during the magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and calculating by a correction gradient calculation module a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, and wherein the correction gradient is to be applied to the subject to correct one or more initial errors in magnetic gradient moment due to movement of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
- a computer-implemented method of correcting for intra-scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan comprises: receiving by a motion tracking module pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems over a computer network during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and calculating by an error correction module a gradient moment based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the calculated gradient moment, and wherein the one or more errors in the gradient moment are corrected during reconstruction, wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
- a computer-implemented method of correcting for intra-scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan comprises: receiving by a motion tracking module pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems over a computer network during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and calculating by an error correction module a phase based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the phase, and wherein the one or more errors in the phase are corrected during reconstruction, wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
- a computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium has a computer program stored thereon for causing a suitably programmed computer system to process by one or more computer processors computer-program code by performing a method to correct for intra- scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan when the computer program is executed on the suitably programmed computer system, wherein the method comprises: generating by a magnetic resonance scanner a magnetic field gradient and a radiofrequency signal for the magnetic resonance scan; tracking by a motion tracking system one or more pose parameters of a subject and transmitting pose data corresponding to the tracked one or more pose parameters at a given time to the magnetic resonance scanner; calculating by a correction gradient calculation module a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the transmitted pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan; applying by the magnetic resonance scanner the correction gradient to the subject prior to detecting signals emitted from the subject to correct one or more initial errors in magnetic gradient moment due to movement of the subject during the
- a computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium has a computer program stored thereon for causing a suitably programmed computer system to process by one or more computer processors computer-program code by performing a method to correct for intra-scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan when the computer program is executed on the suitably programmed computer system, wherein the method comprises: receiving by a motion tracking module pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems during the magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and calculating by a correction gradient calculation module a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, and wherein the correction gradient is to be applied to the subject to correct one or more initial errors in magnetic gradient moment due to movement of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
- a computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium has a computer program stored thereon for causing a suitably programmed computer system to process by one or more computer processors computer-program code by performing a method to correct for intra- scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan when the computer program is executed on the suitably programmed computer system, wherein the method comprises: receiving by a motion tracking module pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems over a computer network during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and calculating by an error correction module a gradient moment based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the calculated gradient moment, and wherein the one or more errors in the gradient moment are corrected during reconstruction, wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
- a computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium has a computer program stored thereon for causing a suitably programmed computer system to process by one or more computer processors computer-program code by performing a method to correct for intra-scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan when the computer program is executed on the suitably programmed computer system, wherein the method comprises: receiving by a motion tracking module pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems over a computer network during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and calculating by an error correction module a phase based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the phase, and wherein the one or more errors in the phase are corrected during reconstruction, wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
- FIG. 1A depicts an example illustrating the effects of motion of a subject during a magnetic resonance scan by a conventional MRI system.
- FIG. IB depicts an example illustrating the effects of motion of a subject during a magnetic resonance scan by an adaptive MRI system.
- FIG. 2 illustrates the effects of motion of a subject during a magnetic resonance scan in k-space.
- FIG. 3 depicts an example of one embodiment of an intra-scan motion correction system coupled with a magnetic resonance scanner.
- FIG. 4 is a time frame diagram illustrating an example of embodiments of one or more methods of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
- FIG. 5 is a process flow diagram illustrating an example of an embodiment of an update geometry parameters block of an embodiment of a method of intra- scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
- FIG. 6 is a process flow diagram illustrating an example of an embodiment of an update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block of an embodiment of a method of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
- FIG. 7 is a process flow diagram illustrating an example of an embodiment of an apply correction gradient block of an embodiment of a method of intra- scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
- FIG. 7A is a process flow diagram illustrating an example of an embodiment of an apply correction phase block of an embodiment of a method of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
- FIG. 8 is a process flow diagram illustrating an example of an embodiment of an error correction block of an embodiment of a method of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating the effects of an example of an embodiment of a method of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
- FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating the effects of an example of an embodiment of a method of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram depicting one embodiment of a computer hardware system configured to run software for implementing one or more embodiments of the continuous intra-scan motion correction systems described herein.
- the disclosure herein provides methods, systems, and devices for intra- scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance (MR) scan.
- MR magnetic resonance
- magnetic resonance techniques are broad interchangeable terms, and comprise without limitation magnetic resonance scan, magnetic resonance imaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging, diffusion magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance tomographic techniques, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, other magnetic resonance-based techniques currently existing or to be developed in the future, and/or combinations thereof.
- intra-scan motion correction is broad interchangeable terms, and comprise without limitation single, one or more, continuous, quasi-continuous, substantially continuous, nearly continuous, repeated corrections or the like for one or more errors due to motion of a subject during a magnetic resonance scan, wherein the corrections are applied during the magnetic resonance scan for any magnetic resonance techniques.
- real time is broad interchangeable terms, and comprise without limitation real time, near real time, or substantially real time periods with minimal delay or lag, for example instantaneously, within 20-30 milliseconds, and/or within 2-3 seconds or longer.
- MR scans typically have a long duration, so that motion of the subject is a substantial problem for acquiring accurate data. Consequently, subjects commonly are required to lie still to within one millimeter and one degree (better than the image resolution) over extended time periods.
- These strict requirements cannot be met by many subjects in special populations, such as children and infants, patients with stroke, head trauma, dementia, very sick patients, subjects who are agitated or delirious perhaps due to anxiety or drug use, animals, or patients with movement disorders, resulting in data with motion artifacts.
- anesthesia can be required.
- anesthesia can cost about $900 and also has roughly 1/250,000 risk of death.
- tomographic imaging techniques rely on detecting very small percentage changes in a particular type of signal, which makes these techniques even more susceptible to movement.
- changes in the properties of blood in brain areas activated while subjects are performing tasks causes small signal changes (on the order of a few percent) that can be detected with MR.
- small signal changes may easily be obscured by signal changes of similar or even greater size that occur during unintentional subject movements.
- the basic problem is that it may take several minutes for a scan to be completed, but the patient or other object being scanned cannot remain sufficiently still for several minutes. Further, the space for a patient or other object being scanned (the "scanning volume") in an MR machine is very limited - there is very little space in an MR machine once a patient has been positioned inside for a scan.
- the motion during the scan of a single dataset e.g. spectrum, 2D-slice, multiple slices or 3D-volume
- the methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction can allow for magnetic resonance scan techniques, whether existing now or to be developed in the future, to be applied to many subjects, including those in special populations, such as children, infants, very sick patients, subjects who are agitated perhaps due to anxiety or drug use, or patients with movement disorders.
- effects of movements of certain objects located within a subject such as internal organs of a subject, fetus, or the like, can also be corrected for in certain embodiments.
- Further animals may also be subjected to a magnetic resonance scan by implementing one or more methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction as described herein.
- inanimate objects that move may also be subjected to a magnetic resonance scan by implementing one or more methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction as described herein.
- the methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction can substantially reduce the economic loss described above due to motion artifacts.
- the methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction as described herein do not require that gradients track the rotation of the object of interest as other certain embodiments do or attempt to do. Rather, in some embodiments of the methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction as described herein, gradient rotations are specifically not updated within a single scan (between excitation and data acquisition). In other words, gradients remain stationary and do not track the motion of the subject to be scanned in some embodiments. The result is that at the end of the sequence, the Bloch equations governing magnetic resonance are not satisfied in some situations, which can introduce an error in the gradient moment. Some embodiments of the methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction as described herein can unexpectedly eliminate such error in the gradient moment by applying a single, brief, correction gradient of proper gradient moment prior to data acquisition.
- subject movement can comprise rotations and/or translations.
- Rotation matrices can be non-linear, due to the presence of sine and cosine terms. Therefore, if the Bloch equations are violated in some embodiments by not having gradients track subject movement, one might expect that the resulting phase errors become "non-linear" in space, and consequently cannot be corrected using linearly varying gradients.
- theoretical analysis demonstrates that one can use linear gradients to correct the resulting. Accordingly, in some embodiments, the methods, systems, and devices for intra- scan motion correction as described herein can correct for motion artifacts not only due to translations, but also due to small and/or large rotations without having gradients track subject movement.
- some embodiments of the methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction as described herein can be simple and not require a substantial amount of data processing. For example, in some embodiments, only one or more additional processes are required in addition to a general magnetic resonance scan process in order to correct for subject motion during the magnetic resonance scan. Accordingly, implementation of some embodiments of the methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction as described herein can be relatively easy and can be implemented in conjunction any and/or all existing magnetic resonance scan equipment and/or those to be developed in the future. Accordingly, the methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction as described herein can provide an unexpectedly simple yet accurate correction for any and/or all types of subject motion during a magnetic resonance scan.
- specially designed scan sequences can be utilized to minimize the effects of constant motion during a single acquisition step without relevant organ shift during the entire acquisition.
- a first order flow compensation can be utilized. While such embodiments are particularly useful for reducing artifacts or imaging errors due to flowing blood they are not particularly useful in correcting movements of entire organs, such as head movements.
- improved sampling schemes for the magnetic resonance data can be used to reduce sensitivity to motion.
- Such embodiments can reduce motion sensitivity of magnetic resonance scans under certain conditions. However, they are not particularly useful in correcting motions under other conditions or for very quick movements. Further such embodiments can require redundant measurements to encode additional information required for correction and thus reduce sampling efficiency. Such embodiments are also not generally applicable to all measurement techniques.
- certain ultra-fast single shot imaging techniques can be utilized to account for movement by a subject during a magnetic resonance scan.
- echo planar imaging, spiral imaging, or imaging using other fast trajectories can be utilized.
- the entire organ of interest, such as a brain is scanned continuously every few seconds over the course of minutes, for instance, for functional magnetic resonance imaging, diffusion imaging, perfusion imaging, or other modalities.
- functional magnetic resonance imaging, diffusion imaging, perfusion imaging, or other modalities By doing so, such embodiments make it possible to determine the pose defined as a position and rotation, for example of the head or other subject at each instant relative to the initial pose, using image -based registration and/or alignment of images.
- the magnetic resonance scanner's image for that instant can be realigned to the initial image.
- realignment of magnetic resonance imaging volumes comprising multiple slices can be used to correct for head motion and functional magnetic resonance imaging time series.
- such embodiments are inherently slow because they use magnetic resonance imaging and may be unable to correct for motion in certain directions, such as orthogonal to the scan planes or towards or away from the planes in which the scans are being taken. Also, such embodiments correct movements only every few seconds (for each volume).
- the various embodiments of reducing sensitivity of scans to subject motion typically do not account for variations in the subject's pose amongst the different k-space lines, even though motion sensitivity for each individual acquisition or a line in k-space is reduced. Further, the various embodiments of reducing sensitivity of scans to motions of a subject rather poorly tolerate fast or irregular movements within individual acquisition steps.
- the pose of the subject of the scan and motion is tracked near-real time, during a scan.
- the subject can be a head, brain, or other organ of interest or other object.
- the pose information that is tracked can be used to compensate for the detected motion in data acquisitions for subsequent acquisition steps or slices or volumes within the same scan.
- Such embodiments can be denoted "prospective motion correction" because the acquisition steps are adapted prospectively during the scan to compensate for the motion detected.
- One important aspect of such embodiments of adapting imaging by prospective motion correction is the accuracy or resolution of the motion tracking system. Because of the high resolution generally required for biomedical imaging, the motion tracking system in such embodiments must also have a high resolution, because the motion tracking system's information will be used to align the various acquisition steps. Accordingly, if the motion tracking system's resolution is high enough, all of the acquisition steps can be accurately aligned or registered despite a subject's motion. Conversely, if the motion tracking system's resolution is not high enough, the acquisition steps will not be accurately aligned or registered.
- magnetic resonance "navigator” signals can be utilized to estimate the pose of the subject and to dynamically correct for the subject's motion.
- a magnetic resonance based navigator can also be utilized for adaptive motion correction in magnetic resonance imaging.
- small radiofrequency coils can be utilized to track catheters during interventional magnetic resonance imaging.
- magnetic resonance based adaptive magnetic resonance imaging techniques provide good or satisfactory results in many situations, they intrinsically interfere with the magnetic resonance acquisition process. Further, such embodiments can work only for a limited number of magnetic resonance sequences and can be limited to measuring the position or pose of a subject a few times per second at best.
- external or non-magnetic resonance based techniques can be utilized to track subject motion rather than magnetic resonance based methods.
- one or more optical methods can be utilized.
- the pose information from the tracking system can be sent to the magnetic resonance scanner and be used by the scanner to compensate for the motion in subsequent acquisition steps.
- stereovision can be utilized to track the motion of a subject, for example by using two or more cameras and multiple, at least two markers.
- accurate tracking of the subject for example the head or brain or other organ, can be achieved using a single camera and a special marker in the magnetic resonance environment.
- the special marker can be a self -encoded marker, a retrograde reflector or RGR or Moire Phase Tracking target.
- Optical systems can provide accurate, non- contact sensing with a passive and non-magnetic target and can also provide fast pose updates on the order of 100 to 1,000 poses per second or even faster.
- pose data from the tracking system are sent in near real time to a magnetic resonance scanner, which then nearly continuously updates scan parameters prior to each acquisition step or line in k-space. This way, the scan planes are locked relative to the moving object of interest. Images acquired with such embodiments of prospective motion correction can show substantially reduced motion artifacts compared to images acquired without motion correction.
- pose data as received by the magnetic resonance scanner may be imperfect, for example due to inaccuracies or noise in the tracking system or due to lag times between the marker movement and arrival of tracking data on the scanner.
- some of these inaccuracies or delays can be determined after the magnetic resonance scan has been acquired in certain embodiments as the entire tracking data are then available. More specifically, when prospective motion correction is applied, subject motion between the pose detection and magnetic resonance data acquisition can occur due to the time required to acquire and transfer marker images to the tracking computer, calculate pose information, perform magnetic resonance sequence updates, and the intrinsic timing of the sequence. Accordingly, differences between the assumed or estimated pose and the true pose during the acquisition step may cause residual motion artifacts.
- inaccuracies in the tracking system can cause errors.
- some of these effects of tracking errors on magnetic resonance signals can be corrected retrospectively within the data reconstruction by comparing the estimated or assumed pose from the tracking system and the true pose that is available after the acquisition step.
- magnetic resonance acquisitions involve a sequence of events.
- a common sequence involves excitation of the spin system using one or more radiofrequency pulses, possibly slice selective, spatial encoding using spatially variable switched magnetic fields (gradients), possible further manipulations of the spin system such as rephasing and complementary information encoding steps, and data acquisition.
- excitation may be preceded by an extra module to prepare the spin system to achieve a certain contrast.
- pose updates for prospective motion correction embodiments above have been applied immediately prior to excitation for each individual magnetic resonance acquisition or k-space line. Consequently, pose updates may be applied approximately ten times per second, even if the tracking system is capable of tracking at a higher rate, for example at 100 poses per second.
- motion artifacts due to substantial intra-scan motion can be eliminated or attenuated by attempting to nearly continuously update magnetic field gradients and radiofrequency pulses during each acquisition. This way their orientation is perfectly aligned with the moving object of interest at any time.
- such an embodiment can be implemented for diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, which involves very strong magnetic field gradients and is particularly sensitive to subject motion.
- a single magnetic resonance acquisition step which typically involves a single sequence block of approximately 100 milliseconds for its application, can be broken down into multiple separate blocks, each lasting approximately two milliseconds. The direction of gradients for each of these two millisecond blocks can be updated using the most recent tracking data, resulting in a quasi-continuous pose update during the acquisition.
- FIG. 1A illustrates the effects of a subject's motion during a magnetic resonance scan by a conventional magnetic resonance scanner.
- a subject of a magnetic resonance imaging scan such as a head
- the resulting slice or image from that scan which is stationary, inevitably becomes tilted relative to the subject as well.
- Such movement by the subject during a scan can result in blurry and/or unclear images.
- the acquired magnetic resonance scan may not be useful to a medical professional or the subject may be required to redo the entire magnetic resonance scan, resulting in an unnecessary burden in time and cost.
- Figure IB illustrates the effects of a motion of a subject during a magnetic resonance scan by an intra- scan motion correction system. As illustrated in Figure IB, as the subject, or head in this example, is tilted or moved, the slice plane of the magnetic resonance scanner and/or phase and/or read orientations can also be tilted and/or adjusted to account for the motion of the subject.
- a subject of a magnetic resonance imaging scan can be allowed to move with attenuated and/or without any such detrimental effects to the imaging results.
- slow motions of a subject during a magnetic resonance scan can be defined as movements with speeds of about 1 mm/sec or 1 degrees/sec. Such slow motions can comprise slow drifts and can be nearly imperceptible.
- Moderate motions of a subject during a magnetic resonance scan can be defined as movements with speeds of about 10 mm/sec or 10 degrees/sec. Such moderate motions are perceptible and can be common in children and sick or confused patients.
- Fast motions of a subject during a magnetic resonance scan can be defined as movements with speeds of about 100 mm/sec or 100 degrees/sec or faster. Such fast motions can occur due to coughing or extreme agitation and can be limited in range and duration, for example 100 ms, due to confined space.
- motion artifacts arising from slow and moderate motions can be accounted for.
- even motion artifacts arising from fast motions can also be accounted for.
- some effects of motion on moving spins can comprise unwanted phase shifts between excitation and signal readout, unwanted pose changes between phase-encoding steps (or lines in k-space), and uncorrected pose changes between successive slices or volumes.
- Uncorrected pose changes between successive slices or volumes can occur in ultra-fast acquisitions that image the entire subject or brain every few seconds. Such volumes can be translated and rotated.
- Unwanted pose changes between phase encoding steps can result in blurring; in other words, the object of interest can be imaged at variable poses.
- unwanted phase shifts between excitation and signal readout can result in artifacts in the phase-encoding direction after image reconstruction.
- the unwanted pose changes and uncorrected pose changes are purely geometric and thus can relatively easily be corrected. However, correcting phase shifts can be more complicated.
- the magnetic resonance scanner detects the sum of magnetization of the individual spins in a given volume. The sum of signals from all individual spins is detected.
- phases of individual spins need to be coherent or aligned. Loss of phase coherence of spins can cause signal attenuation or loss.
- gradients have to be balanced throughout a pulse sequence, because gradients affect a spin's frequency and phase dependent on the spin's spatial position.
- the phase of the signals detected has to be aligned across acquisition steps or lines in k-space. However, motion interferes with this process by inducing unintended phase shifts.
- the motion of the object of interest can first be characterized mathematically.
- the object of interest can be assumed for example to be a rigid body.
- the pose of the object can be characterized by six time dependent parameters, three translations and three rotations.
- a pose of an object can be considered to comprise six degrees of freedom.
- orientation of an object can comprise two or more degrees of freedom, three or more degrees of freedom, four or more degrees of freedom, or five or more degrees of freedom.
- the 3 translations can form a translation vector X( t) and the 3 rotations can form a rotation matrix R(t), where t represents time.
- a magnetic resonance sequence generally involves a series of radiofrequency pulses, switched magnetic field gradients, and one or more acquisition events.
- Motion within this sequence (“intra-scan motion") alters both the zero-order phase (due to translations) and effective gradient moment M (due to rotations) in the object coordinate system.
- Translations X( t) will cause a change in the overall phase ⁇ of the object at the time T of data acquisition, and rotations R(t) will cause a change in the gradient moment M of the object at the time T of data acquisition. It can be shown that the effects of translations and rotations are as follows:
- phase and gradient moment effects caused by intra- scan motion arise from the interaction between the moving object and switched magnetic field gradients.
- most embodiments of non-continuous motion correction methods consider only geometric effects of motion, such as ensuring that scan planes are aligned correctly during scans (see, for example, FIGURE IB), with the exception of the quasi-continuous embodiment described above.
- the geometric effects and phase/gradient moment effects are conceptually entirely different. For instance, phase effects may occur even if all geometric effects are corrected, and vice versa. Accordingly, in order to accurately correct for movement and/or motion of a subject during a magnetic resonance scan, both geometric effects and phase/gradient moment effects must be accounted for.
- Figure 2 illustrates the phase/gradient movement effects in generating a magnetic resonance image via k-space when the subject moves in orientation and/or pose.
- a subject of a magnetic resonance scan remains completely still and does not move, the data acquired from such scan is generally placed in the correct position of k-space which is denoted by the intersection between the center vertical line and one or more solid horizontal lines as depicted in Figure 2.
- the data acquired cannot be placed in the correct k-space either vertically and/or horizontally.
- Vertical displacement, or placing an acquired data off of a horizontal parallel line denotes an error in the phase encoding.
- Horizontal displacement, or placing an acquired data off of the center vertical line denotes an error in the read encoding or frequency encoding.
- the x axis in k-space is encoded by a read gradient
- the y axis in k-space is encoded by a phase gradient.
- the phase encoding gradient, or the read encoding gradient, or both the phase encoding gradient and the read encoding gradient must be updated according to the detected motion of the subject in order to account for substantially all motion effects by the subject during the scan.
- rotations in space generally correspond to rotations in k-space.
- rotations of the subject may be corrected by adjusting phase encoding gradients and/or frequency encoding gradients so that they match the rotation of the subject to be scanned.
- translations of the subject can essentially be approximated by phase shifts that vary linearly in k-space and corrected for intra-scan or during image reconstruction.
- embodiments of the intra-scan motion correction systems, methods, and devices described herein comprise one or more techniques of targeting these effects. Also, embodiments of the intra-scan motion correction systems, devices, and methods described herein generally use less data processing capabilities compared to the quasi-continuous embodiment described above and can be utilized with the majority of currently available magnetic resonance scanners. Additionally, prospective update errors due to the inherent lag time, noise, or the like in the quasi-continuous correction embodiment described above can be eliminated in embodiments of the intra-scan motion correction system, methods, and devices described herein.
- FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment of a system for intra-scan motion correction.
- An intra-scan motion correction system can be configured to be used in conjunction with one or more magnetic resonance scanners.
- a magnetic resonance scanner can comprise an intra-scan motion correction system.
- a magnetic resonance scanner and an intra-scan motion correction system are physically separate.
- one or more parts or modules of a magnetic resonance scanner and an intra-scan motion correction system are shared and/or accessible by the other.
- an embodiment of an intra-scan motion correction system can generally comprise a main computing system 300, a user interface 302, and a display for outputting constructed images 334.
- the user interface 302 can allow a medical professional and/or other user to control the intra-scan motion correction system and/or magnetic resonance system, such as turning the system on or off and/or controlling one or more parameters of the system.
- a user can instruct the main computing system 300 to turn a magnetic field gradient 304 on or off by transmitting the instruction from the main computing system 300 to a magnetic field gradient generator 304.
- a user can use the user interface 302 to instruct the main computing system 300 to turn a radiofrequency signal generator 306 on or off and also control the radiofrequency signal generator 306 to emit a radiofrequency signal of a certain type.
- the motion tracking system 310 can track substantially any and all motion of the subject 308 during a magnetic resonance imaging scan.
- the motion tracking system 310 can comprise any of the motion tracking systems that are currently known or to be developed in the future.
- the motion tracking system 310 can be an optical or stereo vision system (in-bore or out-bore), optical system with multiple cameras (in-bore or out-bore), laser-based tracking system with or without a reflector (in-bore or out-bore), radiofrequency pickup coils-based system (in-bore), magnetic field gradient monitoring system (in-bore), wire loop recordings-based system (for example, using EEG equipment), self-encoded marker-based system, single camera-based system (in-bore or out-bore), mechanical detection system, magnetic field gradient monitoring-based system, ultrasound- based system, or the like.
- the tracking data can be transmitted from the motion tracking system 310 to the main computing system 300.
- the motion tracking system 310 is configured to track and/or send data related to the motion of the subject 308 in real time.
- the motion tracking data that is collected by the motion tracking system 310 is transmitted to the main computing system 300 over a computer network periodically in packets of data. In other embodiments the motion tracking data collected by the motion tracking system 310 is transmitted over a computer network to the main computing system 300 at once in a relatively large data packet.
- the magnetic field gradient and/or radiofrequency signals that are generated by the magnetic field gradient generator 304 and radiofrequency signal generator 306 respectively can affect the magnetization of one or more nuclei of the subject 308. By manipulating the magnetic field gradient and radiofrequency signal, such generated magnetization can be further manipulated in the subject 308, resulting in a signal emission from the subject 308.
- the emitted signal can be detected by one or more magnetic resonance detector devices and/or receivers 312. Such detected data by the magnetic resonance detector device and/or receiver can be transmitted over a computer network or another connection to the main computing system 300.
- the data transmitted from the motion tracking system 310 to the main computing system 300 can be further processed by the motion tracking module 314.
- the motion tracking module 314 can be configured to generate a motion trajectory of the subject 308. Any such motion data that is transmitted from the motion tracking system 310 and/or motion data that is further processed by the motion tracking module 314 can be stored in a database 332 of the main computing system 300.
- a geometry update module 316 can be configured to update and/or adjust one or more geometric parameters accordingly in order to compensate for the subject's motion. Any or all geometric parameter updates by the geometry update module 316 can further be stored in the database 332 of the main computing system 300.
- a phase encoding update module 318 can be configured to update one or more phase encoding gradients.
- the phase encoding gradient updates that are processed by the phase encoding update module 318 can further be stored in the database 332 of the main computing system 300.
- a read encoding gradient update module 320 can be configured to update one or more read encoding gradients based on the motion of the subject 308 as detected by the motion tracking system 310.
- the read encoding gradient updates that are processed by the read encoding update module 320 can further be stored in the database 332 of the main computing system 300.
- the main computing system 300 can further comprise a magnetic resonance sequence module 324.
- the magnetic resonance sequence module 324 can be configured to process a particular magnetic resonance sequence or a series thereof for one or more magnetic resonance scans.
- the processed magnetic resonance sequence can be generated by the magnetic field gradient generator and/or radiofrequency signal generator 306 and applied to a subject 308.
- the magnetic resonance sequence module 324 can further be configured to track or log one or more magnetic resonance sequences, which can then be stored in the database 332 of the main computing system 300.
- a correction gradient calculation module 326 of the main computing system 300 can be configured to calculate a first gradient moment during one or more magnetic resonance scans. More specifically, in certain embodiments, the correction gradient calculation module 326 is configured to calculate the (first) gradient moment according to Equation 1 and using the tracked pose and/or orientation data and a gradient signal and/or sequence used during one or more scans.
- the (first) gradient moment is the time integral of the gradient waveform. In other words, the (first) gradient moment is the area beneath the gradient waveform when plotted against time.
- the gradient waveform can be triangular, trapezoidal, sinusoidal or the like in shape.
- the gradient waveform may be a superposition of a non-corrected gradient waveform with a triangular, trapezoidal, sinusoidal, waveform or the like in shape.
- the only property of the gradient waveform that is required in a method for intra-scan motion correction is the first gradient moment according to Equation 1.
- a correction gradient or a "blip" gradient can be applied to the subject 308 in order to counteract and/or reverse the effects of the altered first gradient moment.
- the correction gradient calculation module 326 is further configured to determine an appropriate correction gradient moment to be applied to the subject 308.
- the appropriate correction gradient moment can be equal to the first gradient moment in absolute value but with an opposite sign from the first gradient moment according to Equation 1. In other words, by applying a correction gradient with a moment of -M, motion artifacts caused by a gradient moment of M can be accounted for and the signal phase can be corrected.
- a correction gradient of a moment as determined by the correction gradient calculation module 326 can be applied to a subject 308 by a magnetic field gradient generator 304. Further, in some embodiments, the (first) gradient moment and/or correction gradient moment that is calculated can be stored in a database 332 of the main computing system 300.
- a phase correction module 328 can be configured to correct errors in one or more constant phases due to subject motion (according to equation 2) prior to data acquisition, during data acquisition, and/or during the reconstruction process of the image.
- the phase correction module 328 is configured to correct errors based on the tracked pose data and/or Equation 2.
- the phase corrections that are processed by the phase correction module 328 can further be stored in the database 332 of the main computing system 300.
- the main computing system 300 can also comprise an error correction module 330.
- the error correction module 330 can be configured to identify and correct any residual errors that remain after data acquisition.
- the error correction module 330 can be configured to identify and/or correct errors in orientation, pose, and/or phase.
- the error correction module 330 can be configured to correct one or more residual errors in one or more geometry parameters and/or signal phase and/or first gradient moment that are present after applying or without applying one or more geometry updates, phase encoding updates, read encoding gradient updates, and/or application of an additional magnetic moment correction gradient.
- the error correction module 330 can be configured to retrospectively correct errors in one or more geometry parameters, gradient moment, and/or phase.
- the error correction module 330 can be configured to correct for one or more errors due to lag time in obtaining and processing orientation and/or pose data, noise in data, or the like. For example, due to such lag time and/or noise, errors may exist in one or more geometry updates, phase encoding gradient updates, read encoding gradient updates, and/or calculation of a correction gradient, because all such calculations are based in part on the tracked pose and/or orientation data. Because the true pose and/or orientation data are available after data acquisition or a scan is complete, such discrepancies due to lag time or noise can be resolved. Further, any such residual errors that are corrected by the correction module 330 can further be stored in a database 332 of the main computing system 300.
- the main computing system 300 can further comprise an image construction module 322.
- the image construction module 322 can be configured to construct and/or reconstruct an image based on the one or more signals emitted from the subject 308.
- the image construction module 322 can further be configured to construct and/or reconstruct an image based in part on data that is processed by the magnetic resonance imaging sequence module 324, the geometry update module 316, phase encoding update module 318, read encoding gradient update module 320, correction gradient calculation module 326, and/or the correction module 330.
- An image that is constructed and/or reconstructed by the image construction module 322 can further be transmitted over a computer network or other connection to one or more displays for outputting a constructed image 334.
- a user and/or medical professional can view the constructed image via the display for outputting the constructed image 334.
- Figure 4 is a time frame diagram that illustrates the time frame of one or more methods for an intra-scan motion correction.
- a method for an intra-scan motion correction can comprise one or more blocks, including but not limited to an update geometry parameters block, an update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block, an apply correction gradient block, and/or an error correction block or any sub-blocks thereof.
- a method for intra-scan motion correction can comprise a phase correction block.
- a method for intra-scan motion correction can comprise any selective combination of these blocks and/or more specific blocks thereof.
- the update geometry parameters block, update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block, apply correction gradient block, and apply phase correction block can be applied on a magnetic resonance scanner in near real-time.
- the error correction block can be applied after data acquisition during image reconstruction.
- other implementations are possible as well.
- an update geometry parameters block can comprise updating a prospective slice and/or geometry 402.
- the prospective slice and/or geometry update can occur immediately before one or more radiofrequency pulses.
- a prospective slice and/or geometry update can occur prior to and/or immediately prior to excitation via an initial radiofrequency pulse.
- the prospective slice and/or geometry update can also occur prior to and/or immediately prior to an optional initial magnetic gradient field.
- a prospective slice and/or geometry update can occur prior to and/or immediately prior to any additional radiofrequency pulses and/or optional magnetic gradient fields.
- an update phase and/or read encoding gradients block can comprise prospectively updating the orientation or pose of a phase encoding gradient and/or a frequency (read) encoding gradient.
- the prospective phase encoding gradient update can occur at any time between excitation and data acquisition 410.
- a prospective phase encoding gradient update 404 can occur immediately after excitation and/or an optional magnetic gradient field.
- a prospective phase encoding gradient update 404 can occur at a time after excitation and/or optional magnetic gradient field.
- a prospective phase encoding gradient update 404 can occur in connection with an additional radiofrequency pulse and/or optional magnetic gradient field.
- a prospective phase encoding gradient 404 can occur concurrently with and/or in conjunction with a data acquisition process 410.
- a prospective frequency encoding gradient update 406 can begin prior to and/or immediately prior to a data acquisition process 410. In certain embodiments, a prospective frequency encoding gradient update 406 can occur concurrently with and in conjunction with a data acquisition process 410. In certain embodiments, a prospective frequency encoding gradient update 406 can end immediately prior to the end of a data acquisition process 410.
- An apply correction gradient block can comprise applying a brief additional gradient 408 to the subject to correct for a first gradient moment as discussed above.
- the correction gradient 408 can be applied after excitation and/or optional magnetic gradient fields and any additional radiofrequency pulses and/or optional magnetic gradient fields.
- the correction gradient 408 can be applied to the subject immediately prior to data acquisition 410.
- the correction gradient 408 can be applied to the subject concurrently with any other magnetic field gradient.
- an apply phase correction block can comprise setting the phase of the MR detector or receiver, or the phase of the data acquisition 410 device to correct for zero-order phase errors 409 as determined by Equation 2.
- the phase correction block can be applied to the subject immediately prior to or concurrent with data acquisition 410.
- an error correction block can comprise correcting any residual error 412 after data acquisition.
- residual errors in one or more geometry parameters, phase, and/or gradient moments are corrected in the error correction block. Such errors can be present after applying or without applying one or more geometry updates, phase encoding updates, read encoding gradient updates, phase corrections and/or application of an additional correction gradient.
- residual errors can remain after processing the magnetic resonance data, with or without the update geometry parameters block, update phase and/or read encoding gradients block, and/or apply correction gradient block.
- the error correction 412 can occur after and/or immediately after data acquisition 410.
- the system is configured to construct and/or reconstruct an image of the subject 414.
- the system can be configured to reconstruct the image based on the magnetic resonance data as inputted into k-space.
- the system is configured to reconstruct an image further based on prospectively updated slices, phase encoding gradient updates, frequency encoding gradient updates, application of a correction gradient, and/or error correction.
- one or more geometry parameters are updated prospectively.
- one or more geometry parameters can be updated after excitation but before data acquisition.
- prospectively updating one or more geometric parameters rather than after data acquisition, data processing time can be saved and a more isotropic, rectangular coverage of k-space can be obtained.
- certain areas in k-space can be denser than others, possibly resulting in image artifacts and/or more complex reconstruction.
- certain signals may be attenuated or lost, and cannot be recovered during image reconstruction.
- Figure 5 illustrates a process flow of an example of embodiments of one or more methods of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
- the update geometry parameters block can be applied alone or in conjunction with one or more of an update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block, apply correction gradient block, apply correction phase block, and/or error correction block or sub-blocks thereof.
- the orientation and/or pose of a subject is tracked via one or more motion detectors at block 502. Based on the tracked orientation and/or pose of the subject the system can be configured to prospectively update one or more geometric parameters and/or slice planes at block 504.
- the one or more geometric parameters can comprise one or more parameters discussed above, including but not limited to translation and rotation.
- the prospective update of geometric parameters and/or slice planes 504 can occur prior to and/or immediately prior to excitation of the spin system by applying an initial radiofrequency pulse at block 506. Further, the excitation can occur in conjunction with an optional magnetic field gradient at block 506.
- Subsequent prospective updates of geometric parameters and/or slice planes can occur at block 508. As discussed, any of one or more, if any, subsequent prospective updates of geometric parameters and/or slice planes 508 can occur prior to and/or immediately prior to applying additional radiofrequency pulses at block 510.
- the radiofrequency pulses can be slice-selective refocusing, and/or slice-selective saturation and/or inversion pulses among others.
- the additional radiofrequency pulses can also be applied in conjunction with, before, and/or after applying an optional magnetic field gradient at block 510.
- the system can be configured to conduct data acquisition at block 512 based on the scanned magnetic resonance data.
- phase and/or read encoding gradients are prospectively updated.
- data processing time can be saved and a more isotropic, rectangular grid in k-space can be obtained. In other words, a more homogeneous coverage in density in k-space is possible.
- phase and/or read encoding gradients are updated only retrospectively after data acquisition, certain areas in k- space can be denser than others, possibly resulting in more complex reconstruction and/or in image artifacts. Further, if the phase and/or read encoding gradients are updated only retrospectively after data acquisition, certain signals may be encoded incorrectly, and cannot be recovered during image reconstruction.
- Figure 6 illustrates an example of an embodiment of an update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block of an embodiment of a method of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
- the update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block can be applied alone or in conjunction with one or more of an update geometry parameters block, apply correction gradient block, apply correction phase block , and/or error correction block or sub-blocks thereof.
- one or more motion detectors are configured to track the orientation and/or pose of the subject during a magnetic resonance scan.
- the system can further be configured to apply excitation of the spin system at block 604 by applying a radiofrequency pulse. In certain embodiments excitation of the spin system can occur in conjunction with, before, and/or after applying an optional magnetic field gradient at block 604.
- the orientation of a phase encoding gradient can be updated at any time after excitation and/or in conjunction with data acquisition 614.
- Prospectively updating the orientation of read encoding gradient and/or phase encoding gradient can occur at one or more of the blocks depicted in Figure 6.
- a phase encoding gradient can be prospectively updated at block 606 after excitation of the spin system at block 604.
- a prospective update of the phase encoding gradient need not occur at this time.
- a prospective update of the phase encoding gradient can occur at block 610 after applying one or more additional radiofrequency pulses at block 608.
- any additional radiofrequency pulses can be applied at block 608 in conjunction with, before, and/or after applying an optional magnetic field gradient.
- a prospective update of the orientation of read encoding gradient can occur at block 612 immediately prior to data acquisition at block 614.
- the read encoding gradient can be updated at block 616 in conjunction with data acquisition at block 614.
- the read encoding gradient can be updated immediately prior to data acquisition 614 at block 612 and repeatedly in conjunction with data acquisition 614 at block 616.
- the phase encoding gradient can also be updated in conjunction with data acquisition 614 at block 618.
- the first gradient moment over the scan should ideally equal zero for a balanced magnetic resonance sequence. However, if a subject of a magnetic resonance scan moves even slightly, the first gradient moment after completion of the scan does not equal zero.
- the transverse magnetization generated by the excitation pulse is affected by motion that occurs in the presence of gradients. Such motion affects the phase of the magnetization and thus the first order gradient moment depending on the direction and velocity of motion, and the direction and sequence of the gradients applied.
- Figure 7 illustrates an example of an embodiment of an apply correction gradient block of an embodiment of a method of intra- scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
- the apply correction gradient block can be applied alone or in conjunction with one or more of an update geometry parameters block, update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block, apply correction phase block, and/or error correction block or sub-blocks thereof.
- the system can be configured to track the orientation and/or pose of a subject during the scan via one or more motion detectors at block 702.
- the spin system is excited by applying an initial radiofrequency pulse at block 704.
- the excitation can be applied in conjunction with one or more optional magnetic field gradients at block 704.
- the system can be configured to apply additional magnetic field gradients.
- Such magnetic field gradients can comprise, for example, diffusion weighting gradients, flow encoding gradients, elasticity encoding gradients, gradients to eliminate unwanted spin coherences called spoiler or crusher gradients, gradients to prewind or rewind gradient moments, and/or other gradients.
- one or more additional radiofrequency pulses can be applied to the subject at block 706. These one or more additional radiofrequency pulses can also be applied in conjunction with, before, and/or after applying one or more optional magnetic field gradients at block 706. Apply Phase Correction Block
- phase of the signal is altered.
- the transverse magnetization generated by the excitation pulse is affected by motion that occurs in the presence of gradients. Such motion affects the phase of the magnetization depending on the direction and velocity of motion, and the direction and sequence of the gradients applied.
- Motion affects both the phase of the signals acquired, as well as the gradient moment / position of "lines" in k-space. If the movement is known or predicted, then the phase effect can be calculated as per Equation 2. Phase alterations as per equation 2 may be compensated for by acquiring data at the correct reference-phase.
- a method of intra-scan motion correction comprises an apply correction phase block.
- Figure 7A illustrates an example of an embodiment of an apply correction phase block of an embodiment of a method of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
- the apply phase gradient block can be applied alone or in conjunction with one or more of an update geometry parameters block, update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block, apply gradient correction block, and/or error correction block or sub-blocks thereof.
- the apply correction phase block can comprise calculating the correction phase at block 720. More specifically, Equation 2 and the tracked pose can be utilized to calculate the correction phase. The calculated correction phase can be applied to compensate for any or all phase effects at block 722. Further, the system can be configured to conduct data acquisition at block 724 after applying the correction gradient block in some embodiments.
- phase/gradient error and orientation error can be present in the data acquired.
- phase/gradient error and orientation error can be present in the data acquired.
- the prospective update blocks are based on packets of orientation and/or pose data that are transmitted periodically from one or motion detectors to the computing system.
- an error correction block is applied to retrospectively correct for any remaining error.
- Figure 8 is a process flow diagram illustrating an error correction block.
- the error correction block can be applied alone or in conjunction with one or more of an update geometry parameters block, update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block, apply correction phase block, and/or apply correction gradient block or sub-blocks thereof.
- a system can be configured to track the orientation and/or pose of a subject during a magnetic resonance imaging scan via one or more motion detectors at block 802.
- the spin system can be excited by applying an initial radiofrequency pulse at block 804.
- the excitation in certain embodiments, can be applied in conjunction with applying an optional magnetic field gradient at block 804.
- the system can be configured to apply one or more additional radiofrequency pulses at block 806.
- the one or more additional radiofrequency pulses can also be applied in conjunction with, before, and/or after one or more magnetic field gradients.
- the magnetic resonance scan data can be collected at block 808 by the system in some embodiments.
- Any residual errors that are present after data acquisition 808 can be determined by the system and/or corrected during an error correction block. For example, any residual errors in one or more geometry parameters and/or phase or gradient moment that are present after applying or without applying one or more geometry updates, phase encoding updates, read encoding gradient updates, and/or application of an additional correction gradient can be corrected.
- the system can be configured to determine discrepancies between predicted motion, from the orientation and/or pose data that was collected and transmitted periodically to the system at block 802, and the actual motion data at block 810.
- the actual motion data in certain embodiments, can only be determined after the data acquisition process is complete.
- errors in the predicted motion from the orientation and/or pose data that is periodically detected and sent to the system at block 802 can comprise one or more errors due to the inherent lag time and/or noise. Because of such potential errors in the predicted motion data, there can also be some residual errors in orientation and/or pose or phase/gradient even after applying one or more of an update geometry parameters block, update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block, apply correction gradient block, apply correction phase block, and/or sub-blocks thereof. Such residual errors can be corrected during the error correction block based on the determined discrepancies between the predicted motion and actual motion.
- small errors in the orientation of phase and read-encoding gradients can also be corrected during reconstruction, for instance, by interpolating the originally acquired raw data to a rectilinear raw data grid prior to Fourier transformation.
- the system can be configured to reconstruct an image based on the magnetic resonance scan, orientation and/or pose update, phase encoding gradient update, read gradient update, application of correction gradient, apply correction phase block, and/or any errors corrected during the error correction block at block 814.
- Figure 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating the effects of an embodiment of a method of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
- the illustrated embodiment in Figure 9 comprises prospectively updating one or more geometry parameters, prospectively updating phase and/or read gradient(s), and applying a correction gradient.
- one or more slice updates or geometric updates are applied prior to and/or immediately prior to one or more radiofrequency pulses, including but not limited to excitation of the spin system.
- RF1 through RF3 correspond to one or more radiofrequency pulses.
- a slice update can occur immediately prior to application of radiofrequency pulse RF1.
- another slice update can occur immediately prior to another radiofrequency pulse RF2.
- another slice update can occur immediately prior to applying another radiofrequency pulse RF3.
- PI through P7 correspond to individual periodic packets of orientation and/or pose data that is detected by one or more motion detectors and transmitted to the magnetic resonance system in some embodiments.
- one or more slice updates can be applied by the system using the orientation and/or pose data packet that was transmitted to the system immediately prior to one or more slice updates and/or geometric updates. For example, a first slice update can be applied based on data packet PI. Further, another slice update can be applied based on the orientation and/or pose data packet P2. Additionally, another slice update can occur using the orientation and/or pose data packet P6.
- the depicted embodiment prospectively updates geometric parameters within a single magnetic resonance scanning step to obtain clearer images.
- the second horizontal line denoted SL corresponds to slice gradients and updates.
- the one or more slice updates are applied immediately prior to one or more radiofrequency pulses using an orientation and/or pose data packet that was received immediately prior to the slice update.
- the third horizontal line denoted PH corresponds to phase encoding direction.
- the phase encoding gradient in some embodiments is updated immediately prior to data acquisition, which is labeled AQ.
- the data acquisition can last for anywhere from about one milliseconds to about 100 milliseconds or longer.
- the fourth horizontal line denoted RO corresponds to the readout direction.
- the read encoding update is applied immediately prior to or concurrently with data acquisition.
- read encoding update is not required. Rather, only phase encoding update and/or geometry update is applied.
- Gl through G4 in the PH horizontal line correspond to additional magnetic field gradients used to encode additional information, such as microscopic diffusion of molecules, or to eliminate unwanted signals, or for other purposes.
- additional magnetic field gradients used to encode additional information, such as microscopic diffusion of molecules, or to eliminate unwanted signals, or for other purposes.
- the system is configured to apply an additional brief gradient or a correction gradient to reverse the effects of the total gradient moment.
- the correction gradient is simply the inverse of the gradient moment build-up.
- a "blip" or a correction gradient moment is calculated prior to or immediately prior to data acquisition.
- orientation and/or pose data packets from the entire scan duration can be used.
- P1-P7 can be used in conjunction with the gradient sequence to calculate the gradient moment build-up.
- lag time and/or noise may be present in the orientation and/or pose data packets.
- it requires time for data packet P5 to be transmitted from one or more motion detectors to the computer system and to be processed.
- lag time and/or noise in orientation and/or pose data leads to possible errors in the prospective updates to one or more geometry parameters, phase/gradient, and/or calculation of a correction gradient.
- the one or more motion detectors can be configured to continue to collect orientation and/or pose data, for example P8 and/or P9. With such continued data, the lag time can be accounted for. For example, each data packet can be shifted in time by a certain amount in order to account for the lag time. By shifting the time of orientation and/or pose data, the system can obtain true orientation and/or pose data and determine and/or correct any errors remaining after data acquisition.
- FIG 10 is another schematic diagram illustrating the effects of an embodiment of a method of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
- the first horizontal line RF illustrates the radiofrequency sequences.
- G SL , G PE , and G RO represent slice gradient, phase encoding gradient, and readout gradient respectively.
- the echo time (TE) corresponds to the time between the center or excitation and the center of data acquisition. Similar to Figure 9, a slice update is conducted by the system immediately prior to excitation. Further, a phase encoding gradient update is conducted by the system between excitation and data acquisition. Additionally, a correction gradient is applied by the system to the subject before data acquisition. The correction gradient in Figure 10 is illustrated by the pulses located within the oval.
- a read encoding gradient update can be conducted by the system in conjunction with data acquisition. For example, a read encoding gradient update process can begin immediately prior to data acquisition and continue to be conducted throughout the data acquisition process.
- Repetition time refers to the time between the excitation of a first scan and a second scan.
- non-intrascan motion correction systems update scan parameters only once prior to each "excitation” radiofrequency (RF) pulse, which is typically every 100ms or less frequently. Further, some of such embodiments only correct slice locations. Since the subject position and orientation is assumed to be static between a given "excitation” and “readout", such a scheme can work well for relatively slow movements, on the order of a few millimeters / second. However, more rapid movements require dynamic updates of sequence parameters (for instance every few milliseconds) between excitation and acquisition, i.e. within each line of k-space. Of note, some tracking techniques, such as optical techniques, can allow very rapid and accurate tracking, from 100 to up to 1000 times per second.
- RF radiofrequency
- the concepts described herein can generally be applied to any imaging or spectroscopy sequence and therefore can constitute a universal method to compensate the effects of subject motion in any MR scan.
- data may not be acquired in k-space (i.e. without use of readout gradients); however, the methods disclosed can be used to eliminate phase errors and / or imbalances in gradient moments due to motion, which otherwise result in signal reduction and spectral distortions due to non coherent averaging of signals.
- some imaging techniques use non-rectangular sampling in k-space, but the methods described can easily be adapted to such sampling schemes.
- the computer clients and/or servers described above take the form of a computing system 1100 illustrated in Figure 11, which is a block diagram of one embodiment of a computing system that is in communication with one or more computing systems 1110 and/or one or more data sources 1120 via one or more networks 1116.
- the computing system 1100 may be used to implement one or more of the systems and methods described herein.
- the computing system 1100 may be configured to apply one or more of the intra-scan motion correction techniques described herein. While Figure 11 illustrates one embodiment of a computing system 1100, it is recognized that the functionality provided for in the components and modules of computing system 1100 may be combined into fewer components and modules or further separated into additional components and modules.
- the system 1100 comprises a motion correction module 1106 that carries out the functions described herein with reference to repeatedly correcting motion effects during a scan, including any one of the intra-scan motion correction techniques described above.
- the motion correction module 1106 may be executed on the computing system 1100 by a central processing unit 1102 discussed further below.
- module refers to logic embodied in hardware or firmware, or to a collection of software instructions, possibly having entry and exit points, written in a programming language, such as, for example, COBOL, CICS, Java, Lua, C or C++.
- a software module may be compiled and linked into an executable program, installed in a dynamic link library, or may be written in an interpreted programming language such as, for example, BASIC, Perl, or Python. It will be appreciated that software modules may be callable from other modules or from themselves, and/or may be invoked in response to detected events or interrupts.
- Software instructions may be embedded in firmware, such as an EPROM.
- hardware modules may be comprised of connected logic units, such as gates and flip-flops, and/or may be comprised of programmable units, such as programmable gate arrays or processors.
- the modules described herein are preferably implemented as software modules, but may be represented in hardware or firmware. Generally, the modules described herein refer to logical modules that may be combined with other modules or divided into sub-modules despite their physical organization or storage.
- the computing system 1100 also comprises a mainframe computer suitable for controlling and/or communicating with large databases, performing high volume transaction processing, and generating reports from large databases.
- the computing system 1100 also comprises a central processing unit ("CPU") 1102, which may comprise a conventional microprocessor.
- the computing system 1100 further comprises a memory 1104, such as random access memory (“RAM”) for temporary storage of information and/or a read only memory (“ROM”) for permanent storage of information, and a mass storage device 1108, such as a hard drive, diskette, or optical media storage device.
- the modules of the computing system 1100 are connected to the computer using a standards based bus system.
- the standards based bus system could be Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), MicroChannel, SCSI, Industrial Standard Architecture (ISA) and Extended ISA (EISA) architectures, for example.
- PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
- ISA Industrial Standard Architecture
- EISA Extended ISA
- the computing system 1100 comprises one or more commonly available input/output (I/O) devices and interfaces 1112, such as a keyboard, mouse, touchpad, and printer.
- the I/O devices and interfaces 1112 comprise one or more display devices, such as a monitor, that allows the visual presentation of data to a user. More particularly, a display device provides for the presentation of GUIs, application software data, and multimedia presentations, for example.
- the I/O devices and interfaces 1112 also provide a communications interface to various external devices.
- the computing system 1100 may also comprise one or more multimedia devices 1110, such as speakers, video cards, graphics accelerators, and microphones, for example.
- the computing system 1100 may run on a variety of computing devices, such as, for example, a server, a Windows server, an Structure Query Language server, a Unix server, a personal computer, a mainframe computer, a laptop computer, a cell phone, a personal digital assistant, a kiosk, an audio player, and so forth.
- the computing system 1100 is generally controlled and coordinated by operating system software, such as z/OS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Linux, BSD, SunOS, Solaris, or other compatible operating systems.
- the operating system may be any available operating system, such as MAC OS X.
- the computing system 5800 may be controlled by a proprietary operating system.
- Conventional operating systems control and schedule computer processes for execution, perform memory management, provide file system, networking, and I/O services, and provide a user interface, such as a graphical user interface ("GUI”), among other things.
- GUI graphical user interface
- the computing system 1100 is coupled to a network 1116, such as a LAN, WAN, or the Internet, for example, via a wired, wireless, or combination of wired and wireless, communication link 1114.
- the network 1116 communicates with various computing devices and/or other electronic devices via wired or wireless communication links.
- the network 1116 is communicating with one or more computing systems 1118 and/or one or more data sources 1120.
- Access to the image construction module 1106 of the computer system 1100 by computing systems 1118 and/or by data sources 1120 may be through a web-enabled user access point such as the computing systems' 1118 or data source's 1120 personal computer, cellular phone, laptop, or other device capable of connecting to the network 1116.
- a web-enabled user access point such as the computing systems' 1118 or data source's 1120 personal computer, cellular phone, laptop, or other device capable of connecting to the network 1116.
- Such a device may have a browser module is implemented as a module that uses text, graphics, audio, video, and other media to present data and to allow interaction with data via the network 1116.
- the browser module may be implemented as a combination of an all points addressable display such as a cathode-ray tube (CRT), a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma display, or other types and/or combinations of displays.
- the browser module may be implemented to communicate with input devices 1112 and may also comprise software with the appropriate interfaces which allow a user to access data through the use of stylized screen elements such as, for example, menus, windows, dialog boxes, toolbars, and controls (for example, radio buttons, check boxes, sliding scales, and so forth).
- the browser module may communicate with a set of input and output devices to receive signals from the user.
- the input device(s) may comprise a keyboard, roller ball, pen and stylus, mouse, trackball, voice recognition system, or pre-designated switches or buttons.
- the output device(s) may comprise a speaker, a display screen, a printer, or a voice synthesizer.
- a touch screen may act as a hybrid input/output device.
- a user may interact with the system more directly such as through a system terminal connected to the score generator without communications over the Internet, a WAN, or LAN, or similar network.
- the system 1100 may comprise a physical or logical connection established between a remote microprocessor and a mainframe host computer for the express purpose of uploading, downloading, or viewing interactive data and databases on-line in real time.
- the remote microprocessor may be operated by an entity operating the computer system 1100, including the client server systems or the main server system, an/or may be operated by one or more of the data sources 1120 and/or one or more of the computing systems.
- terminal emulation software may be used on the microprocessor for participating in the micro -mainframe link.
- computing systems 1118 who are internal to an entity operating the computer system 1100 may access the image construction module 1106 internally as an application or process run by the CPU 1102.
- a user access point or user interface 1112 comprises a personal computer, a laptop computer, a cellular phone, a GPS system, a Blackberry® device, a portable computing device, a server, a computer workstation, a local area network of individual computers, an interactive kiosk, a personal digital assistant, an interactive wireless communications device, a handheld computer, an embedded computing device, or the like.
- the network 1116 may communicate with other data sources or other computing devices.
- the computing system 1100 may also comprise one or more internal and/or external data sources.
- one or more of the data repositories and the data sources may be implemented using a relational database, such as DB2, Sybase, Oracle, CodeBase and Microsoft® SQL Server as well as other types of databases such as, for example, a signal database, object- oriented database, and/or a record-based database.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices for intra-scan motion correction to compensate not only from one line or acquisition step to the next, but also within each acquisition step or line in k-space. The systems, methods, and devices for intra-scan motion correction can comprise updating geometry parameters, phase, read, and/or other encoding gradients, applying a correction gradient block, and/or correcting residual errors in orientation, pose, and/or gradient/phase.
Description
METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR
INTRA-SCAN MOTION CORRECTION
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/527,972, filed August 26, 2011, and titled DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF MAGNETIC FIELD GRADIENTS AND RF PULSES WITHIN MR SEQUENCES, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED R&D
[0002] This invention was made with government support under Grant Number 5R01DA021146 awarded by the National Institutes of Health. The government has certain rights to this invention.
BACKGROUND
Field
[0003] This invention relates generally to the field of biomedical imaging, and more specifically to a system for correcting defects in medical images that are caused by a subject's movement during an in vivo (in the living body) magnetic resonance scan.
Description
[0004] "Tomographic" imaging techniques generate images of multiple slices of an object. Some commonly used tomographic imaging techniques include magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) techniques, which are ideal for assessing the structure, physiology, chemistry and function of the living brain and other organs, in vivo and non-invasively. Because the object of interest is often imaged in many scanning steps in order to build a complete two or three dimensional view, scans are of long duration, usually lasting several minutes. To increase resolution (detail) of a tomographic scan, more slices and more scanning steps must be used, which further increases the duration of a scan. Scans may also be of long duration in order to obtain sufficient signal-to-noise ratio. Magnetic resonance techniques (including tomographic techniques), that are currently known or to be developed in the future (hereinafter collectively referred to
as "MR" or "MRI") can also afford relatively high spatial and temporal resolution, are noninvasive and repeatable, and may be performed in children and infants. However, due to their duration, MR scans can be subject to the problem of patient or object motion.
SUMMARY
[0005] Advancements in magnetic resonance technology make it possible to correct for artifacts in images obtained from magnetic resonance scans which are caused by motion of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan.
[0006] In some embodiments, a magnetic resonance system configured to correct intra-scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan comprises: a magnetic resonance scanner configured to generate a magnetic field gradient and a radiofrequency signal for the magnetic resonance scan; a motion tracking system configured to track one or more pose parameters of a subject and transmit pose data corresponding to the tracked one or more pose parameters at a given time to the magnetic resonance scanner; an electronic memory storage configured to store modules; and a computer processor configured to execute the modules comprising at least: a correction gradient calculation module configured to calculate a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the transmitted pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan; the magnetic resonance scanner further configured to apply the correction gradient to the subject prior to detecting signals emitted from the subject to correct one or more initial errors in magnetic gradient moment due to movement of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan; and the magnetic resonance scanner further configured to detect the signals emitted from the subject for data acquisition.
[0007] In certain embodiments, an intra-scan motion correction system comprises: an electronic memory storage configured to store modules; and a computer processor configured to execute the modules comprising at least: a motion tracking module configured to receive pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and a correction gradient calculation module configured to calculate a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, and wherein the correction
gradient is to be applied to the subject to correct one or more initial errors in magnetic gradient moment due to movement of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan.
[0008] In some embodiments, an intra-scan motion correction system comprises: an electronic memory storage configured to store modules; and a computer processor configured to execute the modules comprising at least: a motion tracking module configured to receive pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems over a computer network during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and an error correction module configured to calculate a gradient moment based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the calculated gradient moment, and wherein the one or more errors in the gradient moment are corrected during reconstruction.
[0009] In some embodiments, an intra-scan motion correction system comprises: an electronic memory storage configured to store modules; and a computer processor configured to execute the modules comprising at least: a motion tracking module configured to receive pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems over a computer network during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and an error correction module configured to calculate a phase based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the phase, and wherein the one or more errors in the phase are corrected during reconstruction.
[0010] In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method of correcting for intra-scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan comprises: generating by a magnetic resonance scanner a magnetic field gradient and a radiofrequency signal for the magnetic resonance scan; tracking by a motion tracking system one or more pose parameters of a subject and transmitting pose data corresponding to the tracked one or more pose parameters at a given time to the magnetic resonance scanner; calculating by a correction gradient calculation module a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the transmitted pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan; applying by the magnetic resonance scanner the correction gradient to the subject prior to detecting signals emitted from the subject to correct one or more initial errors in magnetic gradient moment due to movement of
the subject during the magnetic resonance scan; and detecting by the magnetic resonance scanner the signals emitted from the subject for data acquisition, wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
[0011] In certain embodiments, a computer-implemented method of correcting for intra- scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan comprises: receiving by a motion tracking module pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems during the magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and calculating by a correction gradient calculation module a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, and wherein the correction gradient is to be applied to the subject to correct one or more initial errors in magnetic gradient moment due to movement of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
[0012] In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method of correcting for intra-scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan comprises: receiving by a motion tracking module pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems over a computer network during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and calculating by an error correction module a gradient moment based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the calculated gradient moment, and wherein the one or more errors in the gradient moment are corrected during reconstruction, wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
[0013] In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method of correcting for intra-scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan comprises: receiving by a motion tracking module pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems over a computer network during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and calculating by an error correction module a phase based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the phase, and wherein the one or more errors in the phase are corrected during reconstruction, wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
[0014] In some embodiments, a computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium has a computer program stored thereon for causing a suitably programmed computer system to process by one or more computer processors computer-program code by performing a method to correct for intra- scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan when the computer program is executed on the suitably programmed computer system, wherein the method comprises: generating by a magnetic resonance scanner a magnetic field gradient and a radiofrequency signal for the magnetic resonance scan; tracking by a motion tracking system one or more pose parameters of a subject and transmitting pose data corresponding to the tracked one or more pose parameters at a given time to the magnetic resonance scanner; calculating by a correction gradient calculation module a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the transmitted pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan; applying by the magnetic resonance scanner the correction gradient to the subject prior to detecting signals emitted from the subject to correct one or more initial errors in magnetic gradient moment due to movement of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan; and detecting by the magnetic resonance scanner the signals emitted from the subject for data acquisition, wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
[0015] In certain embodiments, a computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium has a computer program stored thereon for causing a suitably programmed computer system to process by one or more computer processors computer-program code by performing a method to correct for intra-scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan when the computer program is executed on the suitably programmed computer system, wherein the method comprises: receiving by a motion tracking module pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems during the magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and calculating by a correction gradient calculation module a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, and wherein the correction gradient is to be applied to the subject to correct one or more initial errors in magnetic gradient moment due to movement of the subject during the magnetic
resonance scan, wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
[0016] In some embodiments, a computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium has a computer program stored thereon for causing a suitably programmed computer system to process by one or more computer processors computer-program code by performing a method to correct for intra- scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan when the computer program is executed on the suitably programmed computer system, wherein the method comprises: receiving by a motion tracking module pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems over a computer network during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and calculating by an error correction module a gradient moment based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the calculated gradient moment, and wherein the one or more errors in the gradient moment are corrected during reconstruction, wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
[0017] In some embodiments, a computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium has a computer program stored thereon for causing a suitably programmed computer system to process by one or more computer processors computer-program code by performing a method to correct for intra-scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan when the computer program is executed on the suitably programmed computer system, wherein the method comprises: receiving by a motion tracking module pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems over a computer network during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and calculating by an error correction module a phase based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the phase, and wherein the one or more errors in the phase are corrected during reconstruction, wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
[0018] For purposes of this summary, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of the invention are described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any particular embodiment of the invention. Thus, for example, those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention may
be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested herein.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0019] The foregoing and other features, aspects and advantages of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the drawings of various embodiments, which are intended to illustrate and not to limit the invention. The drawings comprise the following figures in which:
[0020] FIG. 1A depicts an example illustrating the effects of motion of a subject during a magnetic resonance scan by a conventional MRI system.
[0021] FIG. IB depicts an example illustrating the effects of motion of a subject during a magnetic resonance scan by an adaptive MRI system.
[0022] FIG. 2 illustrates the effects of motion of a subject during a magnetic resonance scan in k-space.
[0023] FIG. 3 depicts an example of one embodiment of an intra-scan motion correction system coupled with a magnetic resonance scanner.
[0024] FIG. 4 is a time frame diagram illustrating an example of embodiments of one or more methods of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
[0025] FIG. 5 is a process flow diagram illustrating an example of an embodiment of an update geometry parameters block of an embodiment of a method of intra- scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
[0026] FIG. 6 is a process flow diagram illustrating an example of an embodiment of an update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block of an embodiment of a method of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
[0027] FIG. 7 is a process flow diagram illustrating an example of an embodiment of an apply correction gradient block of an embodiment of a method of intra- scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
[0028] FIG. 7A is a process flow diagram illustrating an example of an embodiment of an apply correction phase block of an embodiment of a method of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
[0029] FIG. 8 is a process flow diagram illustrating an example of an embodiment of an error correction block of an embodiment of a method of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
[0030] FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating the effects of an example of an embodiment of a method of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
[0031] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating the effects of an example of an embodiment of a method of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan.
[0032] FIG. 11 is a block diagram depicting one embodiment of a computer hardware system configured to run software for implementing one or more embodiments of the continuous intra-scan motion correction systems described herein.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0033] Embodiments of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying figures. The terminology used in the description presented herein is not intended to be interpreted in any limited or restrictive manner, simply because it is being utilized in conjunction with a detailed description of certain specific embodiments of the invention. Furthermore, embodiments of the invention may comprise several novel features, no single one of which is solely responsible for its desirable attributes or which is essential to practicing the inventions herein described.
[0034] The disclosure herein provides methods, systems, and devices for intra- scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance (MR) scan.
[0035] As used herein, the terms "magnetic resonance techniques," "magnetic resonance imaging," "magnetic resonance scan," "MR techniques," "MR imaging," "MR scan" are broad interchangeable terms, and comprise without limitation magnetic resonance scan, magnetic resonance imaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging, diffusion magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance tomographic techniques, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, other magnetic resonance-based techniques currently existing or to be developed in the future, and/or combinations thereof.
[0036] Further, as used herein, the terms "intra-scan motion correction," "intra- sequence motion correction," "continuous intra-scan motion correction," "substantially continuous intra-scan motion correction," "nearly continuous intra-scan motion correction,"
"repeated intra-scan motion correction," "rapidly repeated intra-scan motion correction," and "quasi-continuous intra-scan motion correction" are broad interchangeable terms, and comprise without limitation single, one or more, continuous, quasi-continuous, substantially continuous, nearly continuous, repeated corrections or the like for one or more errors due to motion of a subject during a magnetic resonance scan, wherein the corrections are applied during the magnetic resonance scan for any magnetic resonance techniques. In addition, as used herein, the terms "real time," "near real time," and "substantially real time" are broad interchangeable terms, and comprise without limitation real time, near real time, or substantially real time periods with minimal delay or lag, for example instantaneously, within 20-30 milliseconds, and/or within 2-3 seconds or longer.
[0037] Because certain magnetic resonance techniques require that so many measurements be taken (because so many slices and/or scanning steps are necessary), MR scans typically have a long duration, so that motion of the subject is a substantial problem for acquiring accurate data. Consequently, subjects commonly are required to lie still to within one millimeter and one degree (better than the image resolution) over extended time periods. These strict requirements cannot be met by many subjects in special populations, such as children and infants, patients with stroke, head trauma, dementia, very sick patients, subjects who are agitated or delirious perhaps due to anxiety or drug use, animals, or patients with movement disorders, resulting in data with motion artifacts. As a result, in order to perform an MR scan in such subjects, anesthesia can be required. However, anesthesia can cost about $900 and also has roughly 1/250,000 risk of death.
[0038] Further, many tomographic imaging techniques rely on detecting very small percentage changes in a particular type of signal, which makes these techniques even more susceptible to movement. In functional magnetic resonance imaging, for example, changes in the properties of blood in brain areas activated while subjects are performing tasks causes small signal changes (on the order of a few percent) that can be detected with MR. However, these small signal changes may easily be obscured by signal changes of similar or even greater size that occur during unintentional subject movements.
[0039] The basic problem is that it may take several minutes for a scan to be completed, but the patient or other object being scanned cannot remain sufficiently still for several minutes. Further, the space for a patient or other object being scanned (the "scanning
volume") in an MR machine is very limited - there is very little space in an MR machine once a patient has been positioned inside for a scan. The motion during the scan of a single dataset (e.g. spectrum, 2D-slice, multiple slices or 3D-volume) causes the single acquisition steps to become inconsistent. Since the resulting data are reconstructed from many acquisition steps, this inconsistency can lead to significant data errors, called motion artifacts.
[0040] For example, at any given hospital or medical facility, 1 out of every 25 brain examinations can be lost entirely and 1 out of 2 examinations can require at least one repeat scan. The total economic loss to hospital in the U.S. due to such motion artifacts is estimated to be roughly 1.5 million hours per year or $1 billion annually at $750 per hour.
[0041] However, by implementing one or more methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction as described herein, subjects of a magnetic resonance scan are not required to lie still. Rather, because the methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction as described herein are able to account for movements in subjects of varying degrees and speed, substantially any movement by a subject during a magnetic resonance scan. In some embodiments, substantially any movement by a subject that can be approximated by a local rigid body motion and/or nearly rigid body motion in the area or object of interest can be accounted for. In certain embodiments, any motion of a subject or within a subject that can be described by a motion path that can be approximated by a rigid body can be take into account.
[0042] In some embodiments, the methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction can allow for magnetic resonance scan techniques, whether existing now or to be developed in the future, to be applied to many subjects, including those in special populations, such as children, infants, very sick patients, subjects who are agitated perhaps due to anxiety or drug use, or patients with movement disorders. In addition, effects of movements of certain objects located within a subject, such as internal organs of a subject, fetus, or the like, can also be corrected for in certain embodiments. Further animals may also be subjected to a magnetic resonance scan by implementing one or more methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction as described herein. Additionally, inanimate objects that move, including flowing liquids or gases, may also be subjected to a magnetic resonance scan by implementing one or more methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan
motion correction as described herein. In addition, the methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction can substantially reduce the economic loss described above due to motion artifacts.
[0043] In addition, in some embodiments, the methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction as described herein do not require that gradients track the rotation of the object of interest as other certain embodiments do or attempt to do. Rather, in some embodiments of the methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction as described herein, gradient rotations are specifically not updated within a single scan (between excitation and data acquisition). In other words, gradients remain stationary and do not track the motion of the subject to be scanned in some embodiments. The result is that at the end of the sequence, the Bloch equations governing magnetic resonance are not satisfied in some situations, which can introduce an error in the gradient moment. Some embodiments of the methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction as described herein can unexpectedly eliminate such error in the gradient moment by applying a single, brief, correction gradient of proper gradient moment prior to data acquisition.
[0044] Further, in general, subject movement can comprise rotations and/or translations. Rotation matrices can be non-linear, due to the presence of sine and cosine terms. Therefore, if the Bloch equations are violated in some embodiments by not having gradients track subject movement, one might expect that the resulting phase errors become "non-linear" in space, and consequently cannot be corrected using linearly varying gradients. However, theoretical analysis demonstrates that one can use linear gradients to correct the resulting. Accordingly, in some embodiments, the methods, systems, and devices for intra- scan motion correction as described herein can correct for motion artifacts not only due to translations, but also due to small and/or large rotations without having gradients track subject movement.
[0045] Moreover, some embodiments of the methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction as described herein can be simple and not require a substantial amount of data processing. For example, in some embodiments, only one or more additional processes are required in addition to a general magnetic resonance scan process in order to correct for subject motion during the magnetic resonance scan. Accordingly, implementation of some embodiments of the methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction
as described herein can be relatively easy and can be implemented in conjunction any and/or all existing magnetic resonance scan equipment and/or those to be developed in the future. Accordingly, the methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction as described herein can provide an unexpectedly simple yet accurate correction for any and/or all types of subject motion during a magnetic resonance scan.
Reducing Sensitivity of Scans to Motions of Subject
[0046] In some embodiments, specially designed scan sequences can be utilized to minimize the effects of constant motion during a single acquisition step without relevant organ shift during the entire acquisition. For example, a first order flow compensation can be utilized. While such embodiments are particularly useful for reducing artifacts or imaging errors due to flowing blood they are not particularly useful in correcting movements of entire organs, such as head movements.
[0047] In other embodiments, improved sampling schemes for the magnetic resonance data can be used to reduce sensitivity to motion. Such embodiments can reduce motion sensitivity of magnetic resonance scans under certain conditions. However, they are not particularly useful in correcting motions under other conditions or for very quick movements. Further such embodiments can require redundant measurements to encode additional information required for correction and thus reduce sampling efficiency. Such embodiments are also not generally applicable to all measurement techniques.
[0048] In certain embodiments, certain ultra-fast single shot imaging techniques can be utilized to account for movement by a subject during a magnetic resonance scan. For example, echo planar imaging, spiral imaging, or imaging using other fast trajectories can be utilized. In such embodiments the entire organ of interest, such as a brain, is scanned continuously every few seconds over the course of minutes, for instance, for functional magnetic resonance imaging, diffusion imaging, perfusion imaging, or other modalities. By doing so, such embodiments make it possible to determine the pose defined as a position and rotation, for example of the head or other subject at each instant relative to the initial pose, using image -based registration and/or alignment of images. More specifically, once the pose for a given instant is known relative to the initial image, the magnetic resonance scanner's image for that instant can be realigned to the initial image. Further, realignment of magnetic resonance imaging volumes comprising multiple slices can be used to correct for head
motion and functional magnetic resonance imaging time series. However, such embodiments are inherently slow because they use magnetic resonance imaging and may be unable to correct for motion in certain directions, such as orthogonal to the scan planes or towards or away from the planes in which the scans are being taken. Also, such embodiments correct movements only every few seconds (for each volume).
Motion Correction Methods
[0049] The embodiments for reducing sensitivity of scans to motions of a subject described above, however, are rather limited. One major problem is related to the manner in which typical tomographic imaging methods acquire data. Specifically the data for each cross section or slice is acquired by moving step by step along lines in a mathematical space, also known as k-space. This data acquisition step is typically repeated hundreds of times in a magnetic resonance imaging scan, until all lines in the k-space have been filled. For three dimensional imaging, thousands of such steps are required to acquire an entire volume. The various embodiments of reducing sensitivity of scans to subject motion , however, typically do not account for variations in the subject's pose amongst the different k-space lines, even though motion sensitivity for each individual acquisition or a line in k-space is reduced. Further, the various embodiments of reducing sensitivity of scans to motions of a subject rather poorly tolerate fast or irregular movements within individual acquisition steps.
[0050] Accordingly, in some embodiments, the pose of the subject of the scan and motion is tracked near-real time, during a scan. For example, the subject can be a head, brain, or other organ of interest or other object. The pose information that is tracked can be used to compensate for the detected motion in data acquisitions for subsequent acquisition steps or slices or volumes within the same scan. Such embodiments can be denoted "prospective motion correction" because the acquisition steps are adapted prospectively during the scan to compensate for the motion detected.
[0051] One important aspect of such embodiments of adapting imaging by prospective motion correction is the accuracy or resolution of the motion tracking system. Because of the high resolution generally required for biomedical imaging, the motion tracking system in such embodiments must also have a high resolution, because the motion tracking system's information will be used to align the various acquisition steps. Accordingly, if the motion tracking system's resolution is high enough, all of the acquisition
steps can be accurately aligned or registered despite a subject's motion. Conversely, if the motion tracking system's resolution is not high enough, the acquisition steps will not be accurately aligned or registered.
[0052] In some embodiments of adapting imaging by prospective motion correction magnetic resonance "navigator" signals can be utilized to estimate the pose of the subject and to dynamically correct for the subject's motion. Further, a magnetic resonance based navigator can also be utilized for adaptive motion correction in magnetic resonance imaging. In other embodiments, small radiofrequency coils can be utilized to track catheters during interventional magnetic resonance imaging.
[0053] While such embodiments of magnetic resonance based adaptive magnetic resonance imaging techniques provide good or satisfactory results in many situations, they intrinsically interfere with the magnetic resonance acquisition process. Further, such embodiments can work only for a limited number of magnetic resonance sequences and can be limited to measuring the position or pose of a subject a few times per second at best.
[0054] Accordingly, in some embodiments, external or non-magnetic resonance based techniques can be utilized to track subject motion rather than magnetic resonance based methods. For example, one or more optical methods can be utilized. In some embodiments, the pose information from the tracking system can be sent to the magnetic resonance scanner and be used by the scanner to compensate for the motion in subsequent acquisition steps.
[0055] In some embodiments, stereovision can be utilized to track the motion of a subject, for example by using two or more cameras and multiple, at least two markers. In other embodiments, accurate tracking of the subject, for example the head or brain or other organ, can be achieved using a single camera and a special marker in the magnetic resonance environment. For example, the special marker can be a self -encoded marker, a retrograde reflector or RGR or Moire Phase Tracking target. Optical systems can provide accurate, non- contact sensing with a passive and non-magnetic target and can also provide fast pose updates on the order of 100 to 1,000 poses per second or even faster.
[0056] In some embodiments pose data from the tracking system are sent in near real time to a magnetic resonance scanner, which then nearly continuously updates scan parameters prior to each acquisition step or line in k-space. This way, the scan planes are
locked relative to the moving object of interest. Images acquired with such embodiments of prospective motion correction can show substantially reduced motion artifacts compared to images acquired without motion correction.
[0057] However, in some situations pose data as received by the magnetic resonance scanner may be imperfect, for example due to inaccuracies or noise in the tracking system or due to lag times between the marker movement and arrival of tracking data on the scanner. In order to correct for such inaccuracies or delays, some of these inaccuracies or delays can be determined after the magnetic resonance scan has been acquired in certain embodiments as the entire tracking data are then available. More specifically, when prospective motion correction is applied, subject motion between the pose detection and magnetic resonance data acquisition can occur due to the time required to acquire and transfer marker images to the tracking computer, calculate pose information, perform magnetic resonance sequence updates, and the intrinsic timing of the sequence. Accordingly, differences between the assumed or estimated pose and the true pose during the acquisition step may cause residual motion artifacts. Similarly, inaccuracies in the tracking system, such as tracking noise, can cause errors. However, in certain embodiments some of these effects of tracking errors on magnetic resonance signals can be corrected retrospectively within the data reconstruction by comparing the estimated or assumed pose from the tracking system and the true pose that is available after the acquisition step.
[0058] The shortcomings of such embodiments of non-magnetic resonance correction methods and others, however, are related to the fact that such embodiments use updates of scan parameters once prior to each magnetic resonance acquisition step or line in k-space. In fact, magnetic resonance acquisitions involve a sequence of events. For example, a common sequence involves excitation of the spin system using one or more radiofrequency pulses, possibly slice selective, spatial encoding using spatially variable switched magnetic fields (gradients), possible further manipulations of the spin system such as rephasing and complementary information encoding steps, and data acquisition. For some sequences, excitation may be preceded by an extra module to prepare the spin system to achieve a certain contrast. As a result, acquisition of a single k-space line may last a few milliseconds to several hundred milliseconds. However, pose updates for prospective motion correction embodiments above have been applied immediately prior to excitation for each
individual magnetic resonance acquisition or k-space line. Consequently, pose updates may be applied approximately ten times per second, even if the tracking system is capable of tracking at a higher rate, for example at 100 poses per second.
[0059] The scheme described above of updating scan parameters once per individual acquisition step or k-space line can provide adequate motion correction if the object of interest does not move too fast. However, if the motion of the subject within an individual acquisition step becomes too fast, then additional motion artifacts may be generated in the resulting images, which cannot be corrected with once per acquisition pose updates. Such motion can be denoted "intra-scan motion."
[0060] Accordingly, in some embodiments, motion artifacts due to substantial intra-scan motion can be eliminated or attenuated by attempting to nearly continuously update magnetic field gradients and radiofrequency pulses during each acquisition. This way their orientation is perfectly aligned with the moving object of interest at any time. For example, such an embodiment can be implemented for diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, which involves very strong magnetic field gradients and is particularly sensitive to subject motion. In certain embodiments, a single magnetic resonance acquisition step, which typically involves a single sequence block of approximately 100 milliseconds for its application, can be broken down into multiple separate blocks, each lasting approximately two milliseconds. The direction of gradients for each of these two millisecond blocks can be updated using the most recent tracking data, resulting in a quasi-continuous pose update during the acquisition.
[0061] Despite the features of embodiments of quasi-continuously updating parameters during each acquisition as described above, implementation of such a quasi- continuous pose date scheme is extremely challenging and may not be possible on all available magnetic resonance scanner platforms. In addition, an ideal implementation of such embodiments of quasi-continuous correction methods during each acquisition would necessarily require that updates are made continuously. In contrast, current magnetic resonance scanners cannot update gradient orientations continuously. As such, pose updates can be applied only quasi-continuously, for example every two milliseconds. Consequently, it would be advantageous to have a simpler scheme to correct for intra-scan movements that does not rely on ideally continuous updates of measurement parameters.
Intra-Scan Motion Correction - Introduction
[0062] As generally described above, movement by a subject during a magnetic resonance scan can present significant problems in obtaining clear images of the subject. The effects of motion of a subject during a magnetic resonance scan are illustrated in Figures 1A and IB. Figure 1A illustrates the effects of a subject's motion during a magnetic resonance scan by a conventional magnetic resonance scanner. As illustrated in Figure 1A, if a subject of a magnetic resonance imaging scan, such as a head, is titled to a certain degree, the resulting slice or image from that scan, which is stationary, inevitably becomes tilted relative to the subject as well. Such movement by the subject during a scan can result in blurry and/or unclear images. As a result, the acquired magnetic resonance scan may not be useful to a medical professional or the subject may be required to redo the entire magnetic resonance scan, resulting in an unnecessary burden in time and cost.
[0063] However, by utilizing one or more intra-scan motion correction methods described herein, the geometry and/or phase of a signal can be updated periodically and/or prospectively during a scan to substantially match the motion of the subject. Figure IB illustrates the effects of a motion of a subject during a magnetic resonance scan by an intra- scan motion correction system. As illustrated in Figure IB, as the subject, or head in this example, is tilted or moved, the slice plane of the magnetic resonance scanner and/or phase and/or read orientations can also be tilted and/or adjusted to account for the motion of the subject. This way, any or substantially all of the subject's movement can be accounted for, resulting in a clean image that is substantially similar to an image that would have been acquired if the subject had not moved at all. Accordingly, by utilizing one or more methods, systems, and devices for an intra-scan motion correction as described herein, a subject of a magnetic resonance imaging scan can be allowed to move with attenuated and/or without any such detrimental effects to the imaging results.
[0064] In general, slow motions of a subject during a magnetic resonance scan can be defined as movements with speeds of about 1 mm/sec or 1 degrees/sec. Such slow motions can comprise slow drifts and can be nearly imperceptible. Moderate motions of a subject during a magnetic resonance scan can be defined as movements with speeds of about 10 mm/sec or 10 degrees/sec. Such moderate motions are perceptible and can be common in children and sick or confused patients. Fast motions of a subject during a magnetic
resonance scan can be defined as movements with speeds of about 100 mm/sec or 100 degrees/sec or faster. Such fast motions can occur due to coughing or extreme agitation and can be limited in range and duration, for example 100 ms, due to confined space.
[0065] In some embodiments of methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction as described herein, motion artifacts arising from slow and moderate motions can be accounted for. In certain embodiments of methods, systems, and devices for intra-scan motion correction as described herein, even motion artifacts arising from fast motions can also be accounted for.
[0066] In general, some effects of motion on moving spins can comprise unwanted phase shifts between excitation and signal readout, unwanted pose changes between phase-encoding steps (or lines in k-space), and uncorrected pose changes between successive slices or volumes. Uncorrected pose changes between successive slices or volumes can occur in ultra-fast acquisitions that image the entire subject or brain every few seconds. Such volumes can be translated and rotated. Unwanted pose changes between phase encoding steps can result in blurring; in other words, the object of interest can be imaged at variable poses. Lastly, unwanted phase shifts between excitation and signal readout can result in artifacts in the phase-encoding direction after image reconstruction. The unwanted pose changes and uncorrected pose changes are purely geometric and thus can relatively easily be corrected. However, correcting phase shifts can be more complicated.
[0067] Generally, the magnetic resonance scanner detects the sum of magnetization of the individual spins in a given volume. The sum of signals from all individual spins is detected. In order for the magnetic resonance signal to be detectable, phases of individual spins need to be coherent or aligned. Loss of phase coherence of spins can cause signal attenuation or loss. In order to ensure phase coherence during signal detection, gradients have to be balanced throughout a pulse sequence, because gradients affect a spin's frequency and phase dependent on the spin's spatial position. Furthermore, the phase of the signals detected has to be aligned across acquisition steps or lines in k-space. However, motion interferes with this process by inducing unintended phase shifts. Accordingly, motion artifacts caused by phase shifts can be corrected if the phase shifts can be accounted for.
[0068] In order to account for a subject's motion during a magnetic resonance scan the motion of the object of interest can first be characterized mathematically. The object of interest can be assumed for example to be a rigid body. Mathematically, the pose of the object can be characterized by six time dependent parameters, three translations and three rotations. In other words, a pose of an object can be considered to comprise six degrees of freedom. In contrast, orientation of an object can comprise two or more degrees of freedom, three or more degrees of freedom, four or more degrees of freedom, or five or more degrees of freedom.
[0069] The 3 translations can form a translation vector X( t) and the 3 rotations can form a rotation matrix R(t), where t represents time. The trajectory of a spin (initial vector position x0) inside the imaging volume can then described by the vector equation: x(i) = X (t) + R(t)■ xo .
[0070] As described above, a magnetic resonance sequence generally involves a series of radiofrequency pulses, switched magnetic field gradients, and one or more acquisition events. For simplicity, a sequence involving a single excitation radiofrequency pulse (at time t=0), followed by a time series of gradients [denoted by vector G(t)] and data acquisition can be considered. Motion within this sequence ("intra-scan motion") alters both the zero-order phase (due to translations) and effective gradient moment M (due to rotations) in the object coordinate system.
[0071] Translations X( t) will cause a change in the overall phase φ of the object at the time T of data acquisition, and rotations R(t) will cause a change in the gradient moment M of the object at the time T of data acquisition. It can be shown that the effects of translations and rotations are as follows:
T
where time t=0 denotes excitation of the spin system and γ is the gyro magnetic ratio. For a stationary object (R(t)= 1), equation 1 reduces to:
τ
statiomry = { G( - ^ = 0
0
which equals zeiu since magnetic resonance sequences are generally balanced (first gradient moment between excitation and data acquisition is zero). However, time-dependent rotations induce a gradient imbalance (residual gradient moment M as per Eq. 1) that can result in signal attenuation or dropouts in the presence of sufficiently strong motion. Additionally, since gradient moments are used for spatial encoding, motion-dependent alterations in gradient moments can alter the spatial encoding of magnetic resonance signals and cause artifacts during image reconstruction. Likewise, time dependent translations can induce a spatially constant phase as per Eq. 2 that can vary from one acquisition step to another and can lead to artifacts in the reconstructed data.
[0072] These phase and gradient moment effects caused by intra- scan motion arise from the interaction between the moving object and switched magnetic field gradients. However, most embodiments of non-continuous motion correction methods consider only geometric effects of motion, such as ensuring that scan planes are aligned correctly during scans (see, for example, FIGURE IB), with the exception of the quasi-continuous embodiment described above. However, the geometric effects and phase/gradient moment effects are conceptually entirely different. For instance, phase effects may occur even if all geometric effects are corrected, and vice versa. Accordingly, in order to accurately correct for movement and/or motion of a subject during a magnetic resonance scan, both geometric effects and phase/gradient moment effects must be accounted for.
[0073] Figure 2 illustrates the phase/gradient movement effects in generating a magnetic resonance image via k-space when the subject moves in orientation and/or pose. When a subject of a magnetic resonance scan remains completely still and does not move, the data acquired from such scan is generally placed in the correct position of k-space which is denoted by the intersection between the center vertical line and one or more solid horizontal lines as depicted in Figure 2. However, when the subject of a magnetic resonance scan moves, the data acquired cannot be placed in the correct k-space either vertically and/or horizontally. Vertical displacement, or placing an acquired data off of a horizontal parallel line, denotes an error in the phase encoding. Horizontal displacement, or placing an acquired data off of the center vertical line, denotes an error in the read encoding or frequency
encoding. In other words, the x axis in k-space is encoded by a read gradient, and the y axis in k-space is encoded by a phase gradient. As such, the phase encoding gradient, or the read encoding gradient, or both the phase encoding gradient and the read encoding gradient must be updated according to the detected motion of the subject in order to account for substantially all motion effects by the subject during the scan. Further, rotations in space generally correspond to rotations in k-space. Therefore, rotations of the subject may be corrected by adjusting phase encoding gradients and/or frequency encoding gradients so that they match the rotation of the subject to be scanned. In some embodiments , translations of the subject can essentially be approximated by phase shifts that vary linearly in k-space and corrected for intra-scan or during image reconstruction.
Intra-Scan Motion Correction - System Overview
[0074] As described above because both geometric and phase/gradient movement effects must be accounted for in order to better correct motion of a subject during a magnetic resonance scan, embodiments of the intra-scan motion correction systems, methods, and devices described herein comprise one or more techniques of targeting these effects. Also, embodiments of the intra-scan motion correction systems, devices, and methods described herein generally use less data processing capabilities compared to the quasi-continuous embodiment described above and can be utilized with the majority of currently available magnetic resonance scanners. Additionally, prospective update errors due to the inherent lag time, noise, or the like in the quasi-continuous correction embodiment described above can be eliminated in embodiments of the intra-scan motion correction system, methods, and devices described herein.
[0075] Figure 3 illustrates an embodiment of a system for intra-scan motion correction. An intra-scan motion correction system can be configured to be used in conjunction with one or more magnetic resonance scanners. In some embodiments, a magnetic resonance scanner can comprise an intra-scan motion correction system. In other embodiments, a magnetic resonance scanner and an intra-scan motion correction system are physically separate. In certain embodiments, one or more parts or modules of a magnetic resonance scanner and an intra-scan motion correction system are shared and/or accessible by the other.
[0076] As illustrated in Figure 3, an embodiment of an intra-scan motion correction system can generally comprise a main computing system 300, a user interface 302, and a display for outputting constructed images 334. In some embodiments, the user interface 302 can allow a medical professional and/or other user to control the intra-scan motion correction system and/or magnetic resonance system, such as turning the system on or off and/or controlling one or more parameters of the system. By utilizing the user interface 302, a user can instruct the main computing system 300 to turn a magnetic field gradient 304 on or off by transmitting the instruction from the main computing system 300 to a magnetic field gradient generator 304. In addition a user can use the user interface 302 to instruct the main computing system 300 to turn a radiofrequency signal generator 306 on or off and also control the radiofrequency signal generator 306 to emit a radiofrequency signal of a certain type.
[0077] The motion tracking system 310 can track substantially any and all motion of the subject 308 during a magnetic resonance imaging scan. The motion tracking system 310 can comprise any of the motion tracking systems that are currently known or to be developed in the future. For example, the motion tracking system 310 can be an optical or stereo vision system (in-bore or out-bore), optical system with multiple cameras (in-bore or out-bore), laser-based tracking system with or without a reflector (in-bore or out-bore), radiofrequency pickup coils-based system (in-bore), magnetic field gradient monitoring system (in-bore), wire loop recordings-based system (for example, using EEG equipment), self-encoded marker-based system, single camera-based system (in-bore or out-bore), mechanical detection system, magnetic field gradient monitoring-based system, ultrasound- based system, or the like. After the motion tracking system 310 tracks the motion of the subject 308, the tracking data can be transmitted from the motion tracking system 310 to the main computing system 300. In some embodiments, the motion tracking system 310 is configured to track and/or send data related to the motion of the subject 308 in real time.
[0078] In some embodiments the motion tracking data that is collected by the motion tracking system 310 is transmitted to the main computing system 300 over a computer network periodically in packets of data. In other embodiments the motion tracking data collected by the motion tracking system 310 is transmitted over a computer network to the main computing system 300 at once in a relatively large data packet.
[0079] The magnetic field gradient and/or radiofrequency signals that are generated by the magnetic field gradient generator 304 and radiofrequency signal generator 306 respectively can affect the magnetization of one or more nuclei of the subject 308. By manipulating the magnetic field gradient and radiofrequency signal, such generated magnetization can be further manipulated in the subject 308, resulting in a signal emission from the subject 308. The emitted signal can be detected by one or more magnetic resonance detector devices and/or receivers 312. Such detected data by the magnetic resonance detector device and/or receiver can be transmitted over a computer network or another connection to the main computing system 300.
[0080] The data transmitted from the motion tracking system 310 to the main computing system 300 can be further processed by the motion tracking module 314. For example, the motion tracking module 314 can be configured to generate a motion trajectory of the subject 308. Any such motion data that is transmitted from the motion tracking system 310 and/or motion data that is further processed by the motion tracking module 314 can be stored in a database 332 of the main computing system 300.
[0081] Based on the detected motion data by the motion tracking system 310, a geometry update module 316 can be configured to update and/or adjust one or more geometric parameters accordingly in order to compensate for the subject's motion. Any or all geometric parameter updates by the geometry update module 316 can further be stored in the database 332 of the main computing system 300.
[0082] Further, based on the detected motion data by the motion tracking system 310, a phase encoding update module 318 can be configured to update one or more phase encoding gradients. The phase encoding gradient updates that are processed by the phase encoding update module 318 can further be stored in the database 332 of the main computing system 300.
[0083] In addition, a read encoding gradient update module 320 can be configured to update one or more read encoding gradients based on the motion of the subject 308 as detected by the motion tracking system 310. The read encoding gradient updates that are processed by the read encoding update module 320 can further be stored in the database 332 of the main computing system 300.
[0084] The main computing system 300 can further comprise a magnetic resonance sequence module 324. The magnetic resonance sequence module 324 can be configured to process a particular magnetic resonance sequence or a series thereof for one or more magnetic resonance scans. The processed magnetic resonance sequence can be generated by the magnetic field gradient generator and/or radiofrequency signal generator 306 and applied to a subject 308. The magnetic resonance sequence module 324 can further be configured to track or log one or more magnetic resonance sequences, which can then be stored in the database 332 of the main computing system 300.
[0085] Further, a correction gradient calculation module 326 of the main computing system 300 can be configured to calculate a first gradient moment during one or more magnetic resonance scans. More specifically, in certain embodiments, the correction gradient calculation module 326 is configured to calculate the (first) gradient moment according to Equation 1 and using the tracked pose and/or orientation data and a gradient signal and/or sequence used during one or more scans. The (first) gradient moment is the time integral of the gradient waveform. In other words, the (first) gradient moment is the area beneath the gradient waveform when plotted against time. In certain embodiments, the gradient waveform can be triangular, trapezoidal, sinusoidal or the like in shape. In other certain embodiments, the gradient waveform may be a superposition of a non-corrected gradient waveform with a triangular, trapezoidal, sinusoidal, waveform or the like in shape. In some embodiments, the only property of the gradient waveform that is required in a method for intra-scan motion correction is the first gradient moment according to Equation 1.
[0086] As discussed above, it is a motion-induced alteration in this gradient moment that can cause phase-based motion artifacts in magnetic resonance scans. Accordingly, in some embodiments, a correction gradient or a "blip" gradient can be applied to the subject 308 in order to counteract and/or reverse the effects of the altered first gradient moment. As such, in certain embodiments, the correction gradient calculation module 326 is further configured to determine an appropriate correction gradient moment to be applied to the subject 308. The appropriate correction gradient moment can be equal to the first gradient moment in absolute value but with an opposite sign from the first gradient moment according to Equation 1. In other words, by applying a correction gradient with a moment of
-M, motion artifacts caused by a gradient moment of M can be accounted for and the signal phase can be corrected.
[0087] In certain embodiments, a correction gradient of a moment as determined by the correction gradient calculation module 326 can be applied to a subject 308 by a magnetic field gradient generator 304. Further, in some embodiments, the (first) gradient moment and/or correction gradient moment that is calculated can be stored in a database 332 of the main computing system 300.
[0088] In some embodiments, a phase correction module 328 can be configured to correct errors in one or more constant phases due to subject motion (according to equation 2) prior to data acquisition, during data acquisition, and/or during the reconstruction process of the image. In certain embodiments, the phase correction module 328 is configured to correct errors based on the tracked pose data and/or Equation 2. The phase corrections that are processed by the phase correction module 328 can further be stored in the database 332 of the main computing system 300.
[0089] Additionally, the main computing system 300 can also comprise an error correction module 330. The error correction module 330 can be configured to identify and correct any residual errors that remain after data acquisition. For example, the error correction module 330 can be configured to identify and/or correct errors in orientation, pose, and/or phase. In some embodiments, the error correction module 330 can be configured to correct one or more residual errors in one or more geometry parameters and/or signal phase and/or first gradient moment that are present after applying or without applying one or more geometry updates, phase encoding updates, read encoding gradient updates, and/or application of an additional magnetic moment correction gradient. For example, the error correction module 330 can be configured to retrospectively correct errors in one or more geometry parameters, gradient moment, and/or phase.
[0090] In certain embodiments, the error correction module 330 can be configured to correct for one or more errors due to lag time in obtaining and processing orientation and/or pose data, noise in data, or the like. For example, due to such lag time and/or noise, errors may exist in one or more geometry updates, phase encoding gradient updates, read encoding gradient updates, and/or calculation of a correction gradient, because all such calculations are based in part on the tracked pose and/or orientation data. Because
the true pose and/or orientation data are available after data acquisition or a scan is complete, such discrepancies due to lag time or noise can be resolved. Further, any such residual errors that are corrected by the correction module 330 can further be stored in a database 332 of the main computing system 300.
[0091] The main computing system 300 can further comprise an image construction module 322. The image construction module 322 can be configured to construct and/or reconstruct an image based on the one or more signals emitted from the subject 308. In some embodiments, the image construction module 322 can further be configured to construct and/or reconstruct an image based in part on data that is processed by the magnetic resonance imaging sequence module 324, the geometry update module 316, phase encoding update module 318, read encoding gradient update module 320, correction gradient calculation module 326, and/or the correction module 330.
[0092] An image that is constructed and/or reconstructed by the image construction module 322 can further be transmitted over a computer network or other connection to one or more displays for outputting a constructed image 334. A user and/or medical professional can view the constructed image via the display for outputting the constructed image 334.
Intra-Scan Motion Correction - Method Overview
[0093] Systems, methods, and devices for intra-scan motion correction compensate not only from one line or acquisition step to the next, but also within each acquisition step or line in k-space.
[0094] Figure 4 is a time frame diagram that illustrates the time frame of one or more methods for an intra-scan motion correction. In some embodiments, a method for an intra-scan motion correction can comprise one or more blocks, including but not limited to an update geometry parameters block, an update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block, an apply correction gradient block, and/or an error correction block or any sub-blocks thereof. Additionally, a method for intra-scan motion correction can comprise a phase correction block. Further, a method for intra-scan motion correction can comprise any selective combination of these blocks and/or more specific blocks thereof.
[0095] In some embodiments, the update geometry parameters block, update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block, apply correction gradient block, and apply
phase correction block, can be applied on a magnetic resonance scanner in near real-time. In certain embodiments, the error correction block can be applied after data acquisition during image reconstruction. However, other implementations are possible as well.
[0096] In some embodiments, an update geometry parameters block can comprise updating a prospective slice and/or geometry 402. The prospective slice and/or geometry update can occur immediately before one or more radiofrequency pulses. For example, a prospective slice and/or geometry update can occur prior to and/or immediately prior to excitation via an initial radiofrequency pulse. The prospective slice and/or geometry update can also occur prior to and/or immediately prior to an optional initial magnetic gradient field. In addition, a prospective slice and/or geometry update can occur prior to and/or immediately prior to any additional radiofrequency pulses and/or optional magnetic gradient fields. In certain embodiments, there can be one or more additional radiofrequency pulses and/or optional magnetic gradient fields. In other embodiments, there are no additional radiofrequency pulses and/or optional magnetic gradient fields.
[0097] In some embodiments an update phase and/or read encoding gradients block can comprise prospectively updating the orientation or pose of a phase encoding gradient and/or a frequency (read) encoding gradient. The prospective phase encoding gradient update can occur at any time between excitation and data acquisition 410. For example in some embodiments, a prospective phase encoding gradient update 404 can occur immediately after excitation and/or an optional magnetic gradient field. In certain embodiments, a prospective phase encoding gradient update 404 can occur at a time after excitation and/or optional magnetic gradient field. In certain embodiments, a prospective phase encoding gradient update 404 can occur in connection with an additional radiofrequency pulse and/or optional magnetic gradient field. In certain embodiments, a prospective phase encoding gradient 404 can occur concurrently with and/or in conjunction with a data acquisition process 410.
[0098] In some embodiments, a prospective frequency encoding gradient update 406 can begin prior to and/or immediately prior to a data acquisition process 410. In certain embodiments, a prospective frequency encoding gradient update 406 can occur concurrently with and in conjunction with a data acquisition process 410. In certain embodiments, a
prospective frequency encoding gradient update 406 can end immediately prior to the end of a data acquisition process 410.
[0099] An apply correction gradient block can comprise applying a brief additional gradient 408 to the subject to correct for a first gradient moment as discussed above. In certain embodiments the correction gradient 408 can be applied after excitation and/or optional magnetic gradient fields and any additional radiofrequency pulses and/or optional magnetic gradient fields. In certain embodiments, the correction gradient 408 can be applied to the subject immediately prior to data acquisition 410. In certain embodiments, the correction gradient 408 can be applied to the subject concurrently with any other magnetic field gradient.
[0100] Further, an apply phase correction block can comprise setting the phase of the MR detector or receiver, or the phase of the data acquisition 410 device to correct for zero-order phase errors 409 as determined by Equation 2. In certain embodiments, the phase correction block can be applied to the subject immediately prior to or concurrent with data acquisition 410.
[0101] In some embodiments an error correction block can comprise correcting any residual error 412 after data acquisition. In some embodiments, residual errors in one or more geometry parameters, phase, and/or gradient moments are corrected in the error correction block. Such errors can be present after applying or without applying one or more geometry updates, phase encoding updates, read encoding gradient updates, phase corrections and/or application of an additional correction gradient.
[0102] In certain embodiments, residual errors can remain after processing the magnetic resonance data, with or without the update geometry parameters block, update phase and/or read encoding gradients block, and/or apply correction gradient block. In certain embodiments the error correction 412 can occur after and/or immediately after data acquisition 410.
[0103] In some embodiments after the error correction block the system is configured to construct and/or reconstruct an image of the subject 414. In certain embodiments the system can be configured to reconstruct the image based on the magnetic resonance data as inputted into k-space. In some embodiments, the system is configured to reconstruct an image further based on prospectively updated slices, phase encoding gradient
updates, frequency encoding gradient updates, application of a correction gradient, and/or error correction.
Update Geometry Parameters Block
[0104] In some embodiments, one or more geometry parameters are updated prospectively. For example, one or more geometry parameters can be updated after excitation but before data acquisition. By prospectively updating one or more geometric parameters rather than after data acquisition, data processing time can be saved and a more isotropic, rectangular coverage of k-space can be obtained. If the one or more geometric parameters are updated only retrospectively after data acquisition, certain areas in k-space can be denser than others, possibly resulting in image artifacts and/or more complex reconstruction. Further, if the one or more geometric parameters are updated only retrospectively after data acquisition, certain signals may be attenuated or lost, and cannot be recovered during image reconstruction.
[0105] Figure 5 illustrates a process flow of an example of embodiments of one or more methods of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan. In some embodiments, the update geometry parameters block can be applied alone or in conjunction with one or more of an update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block, apply correction gradient block, apply correction phase block, and/or error correction block or sub-blocks thereof.
[0106] In some embodiments, the orientation and/or pose of a subject is tracked via one or more motion detectors at block 502. Based on the tracked orientation and/or pose of the subject the system can be configured to prospectively update one or more geometric parameters and/or slice planes at block 504. The one or more geometric parameters can comprise one or more parameters discussed above, including but not limited to translation and rotation. As discussed, the prospective update of geometric parameters and/or slice planes 504 can occur prior to and/or immediately prior to excitation of the spin system by applying an initial radiofrequency pulse at block 506. Further, the excitation can occur in conjunction with an optional magnetic field gradient at block 506.
[0107] Subsequent prospective updates of geometric parameters and/or slice planes can occur at block 508. As discussed, any of one or more, if any, subsequent prospective updates of geometric parameters and/or slice planes 508 can occur prior to and/or
immediately prior to applying additional radiofrequency pulses at block 510. The radiofrequency pulses can be slice-selective refocusing, and/or slice-selective saturation and/or inversion pulses among others. The additional radiofrequency pulses can also be applied in conjunction with, before, and/or after applying an optional magnetic field gradient at block 510.
[0108] By updating the geometry parameters and/or slice planes immediately prior to all radiofrequency pulses, a line-by-line correction of motion between successive excitations is possible. In other words, signals throughout the entire measurement can be aligned in position.
[0109] In some embodiments, the system can be configured to conduct data acquisition at block 512 based on the scanned magnetic resonance data.
Update Phase and/or Read Encoding Gradient(s Block
[0110] As discussed, motion of a subject during a magnetic resonance scan can also affect the orientation of phase/read encoding gradient, thereby resulting in motion artifacts. As such, in some embodiments, the orientations of phase and/or read encoding gradients are prospectively updated. By prospectively updating the orientation of phase and/or read encoding gradients rather than after data acquisition, data processing time can be saved and a more isotropic, rectangular grid in k-space can be obtained. In other words, a more homogeneous coverage in density in k-space is possible. If the phase and/or read encoding gradients are updated only retrospectively after data acquisition, certain areas in k- space can be denser than others, possibly resulting in more complex reconstruction and/or in image artifacts. Further, if the phase and/or read encoding gradients are updated only retrospectively after data acquisition, certain signals may be encoded incorrectly, and cannot be recovered during image reconstruction.
[0111] Figure 6 illustrates an example of an embodiment of an update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block of an embodiment of a method of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan. In some embodiments, the update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block can be applied alone or in conjunction with one or more of an update geometry parameters block, apply correction gradient block, apply correction phase block , and/or error correction block or sub-blocks thereof.
[0112] In some embodiments, at block 602, one or more motion detectors are configured to track the orientation and/or pose of the subject during a magnetic resonance scan. In some embodiments, the system can further be configured to apply excitation of the spin system at block 604 by applying a radiofrequency pulse. In certain embodiments excitation of the spin system can occur in conjunction with, before, and/or after applying an optional magnetic field gradient at block 604.
[0113] As discussed, the orientation of a phase encoding gradient can be updated at any time after excitation and/or in conjunction with data acquisition 614. Prospectively updating the orientation of read encoding gradient and/or phase encoding gradient can occur at one or more of the blocks depicted in Figure 6. Accordingly, in some embodiments, a phase encoding gradient can be prospectively updated at block 606 after excitation of the spin system at block 604. However, a prospective update of the phase encoding gradient need not occur at this time. Alternatively, a prospective update of the phase encoding gradient can occur at block 610 after applying one or more additional radiofrequency pulses at block 608. As discussed, any additional radiofrequency pulses can be applied at block 608 in conjunction with, before, and/or after applying an optional magnetic field gradient.
[0114] Further, a prospective update of the orientation of read encoding gradient can occur at block 612 immediately prior to data acquisition at block 614. In certain embodiments, the read encoding gradient can be updated at block 616 in conjunction with data acquisition at block 614. In certain embodiments, the read encoding gradient can be updated immediately prior to data acquisition 614 at block 612 and repeatedly in conjunction with data acquisition 614 at block 616. Also, the phase encoding gradient can also be updated in conjunction with data acquisition 614 at block 618.
Apply Correction Gradient Block
[0115] If a subject of a magnetic resonance scan remains completely still and does not move during the scan, the first gradient moment over the scan should ideally equal zero for a balanced magnetic resonance sequence. However, if a subject of a magnetic resonance scan moves even slightly, the first gradient moment after completion of the scan does not equal zero. The transverse magnetization generated by the excitation pulse is affected by motion that occurs in the presence of gradients. Such motion affects the phase of
the magnetization and thus the first order gradient moment depending on the direction and velocity of motion, and the direction and sequence of the gradients applied.
[0116] As noted, motion affects the gradient moment / position of "lines" in k- space. If the movement is known or predicted, then the gradient moment effects can be calculated as per Equation 1. Gradient moment alterations can be compensated for by the application of additional brief gradient pulses prior to signal detection. Importantly, this type of motion compensation with correction gradients is applicable for rotations.
[0117] Of note, many preparation RF pulses act on longitudinal magnetization to modify the image contrast. Because longitudinal magnetization is not affected by gradients, it can be unnecessary to apply correction compensation gradients in this instance. In other words, simply correcting the geometry via one or more sub-blocks of the update geometry parameters block may be sufficient.
[0118] Figure 7 illustrates an example of an embodiment of an apply correction gradient block of an embodiment of a method of intra- scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan. In some embodiments, the apply correction gradient block can be applied alone or in conjunction with one or more of an update geometry parameters block, update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block, apply correction phase block, and/or error correction block or sub-blocks thereof.
[0119] As illustrated in Figure 7, the system can be configured to track the orientation and/or pose of a subject during the scan via one or more motion detectors at block 702. In some embodiments, the spin system is excited by applying an initial radiofrequency pulse at block 704. Further, as discussed, in certain embodiments, the excitation can be applied in conjunction with one or more optional magnetic field gradients at block 704. In other embodiments, the system can be configured to apply additional magnetic field gradients. Such magnetic field gradients can comprise, for example, diffusion weighting gradients, flow encoding gradients, elasticity encoding gradients, gradients to eliminate unwanted spin coherences called spoiler or crusher gradients, gradients to prewind or rewind gradient moments, and/or other gradients. Additionally, one or more additional radiofrequency pulses can be applied to the subject at block 706. These one or more additional radiofrequency pulses can also be applied in conjunction with, before, and/or after applying one or more optional magnetic field gradients at block 706.
Apply Phase Correction Block
[0120] Further, if a subject of a magnetic resonance scan moves even slightly, the phase of the signal is altered. The transverse magnetization generated by the excitation pulse is affected by motion that occurs in the presence of gradients. Such motion affects the phase of the magnetization depending on the direction and velocity of motion, and the direction and sequence of the gradients applied.
[0121] Motion affects both the phase of the signals acquired, as well as the gradient moment / position of "lines" in k-space. If the movement is known or predicted, then the phase effect can be calculated as per Equation 2. Phase alterations as per equation 2 may be compensated for by acquiring data at the correct reference-phase.
[0122] Accordingly, in some embodiments, a method of intra-scan motion correction comprises an apply correction phase block. Figure 7A illustrates an example of an embodiment of an apply correction phase block of an embodiment of a method of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan. In some embodiments, the apply phase gradient block can be applied alone or in conjunction with one or more of an update geometry parameters block, update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block, apply gradient correction block, and/or error correction block or sub-blocks thereof.
[0123] In some embodiments the apply correction phase block can comprise calculating the correction phase at block 720. More specifically, Equation 2 and the tracked pose can be utilized to calculate the correction phase. The calculated correction phase can be applied to compensate for any or all phase effects at block 722. Further, the system can be configured to conduct data acquisition at block 724 after applying the correction gradient block in some embodiments.
Error Correction Block
[0124] In some situations, error can be present after data acquisition. For example, in some embodiments where the geometry, phase, and/or read encoding gradients are not updated prospectively or if a correction gradient is not applied, phase/gradient error and orientation error can be present in the data acquired. In certain embodiments, even after applying one or more of an update geometry parameters block, update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block, apply correction phase block, and/or apply correction gradient block, residual error in the phase/gradient and/or orientation can still be present. For
example, the prospective update blocks are based on packets of orientation and/or pose data that are transmitted periodically from one or motion detectors to the computing system. However, there is an inherent lag time involved in the transmittal and processing of this data. Accordingly, one or more errors can still remain after prospective update blocks. As such, in some embodiments, an error correction block is applied to retrospectively correct for any remaining error.
[0125] Figure 8 is a process flow diagram illustrating an error correction block. In some embodiments, the error correction block can be applied alone or in conjunction with one or more of an update geometry parameters block, update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block, apply correction phase block, and/or apply correction gradient block or sub-blocks thereof.
[0126] In some embodiments, a system can be configured to track the orientation and/or pose of a subject during a magnetic resonance imaging scan via one or more motion detectors at block 802. In certain embodiments, the spin system can be excited by applying an initial radiofrequency pulse at block 804. The excitation, in certain embodiments, can be applied in conjunction with applying an optional magnetic field gradient at block 804. In some embodiments the system can be configured to apply one or more additional radiofrequency pulses at block 806. The one or more additional radiofrequency pulses can also be applied in conjunction with, before, and/or after one or more magnetic field gradients. The magnetic resonance scan data can be collected at block 808 by the system in some embodiments.
[0127] Any residual errors that are present after data acquisition 808 can be determined by the system and/or corrected during an error correction block. For example, any residual errors in one or more geometry parameters and/or phase or gradient moment that are present after applying or without applying one or more geometry updates, phase encoding updates, read encoding gradient updates, and/or application of an additional correction gradient can be corrected.
[0128] In certain embodiment, the system can be configured to determine discrepancies between predicted motion, from the orientation and/or pose data that was collected and transmitted periodically to the system at block 802, and the actual motion data
at block 810. The actual motion data, in certain embodiments, can only be determined after the data acquisition process is complete.
[0129] As discussed above, errors in the predicted motion from the orientation and/or pose data that is periodically detected and sent to the system at block 802 can comprise one or more errors due to the inherent lag time and/or noise. Because of such potential errors in the predicted motion data, there can also be some residual errors in orientation and/or pose or phase/gradient even after applying one or more of an update geometry parameters block, update phase and/or read encoding gradient(s) block, apply correction gradient block, apply correction phase block, and/or sub-blocks thereof. Such residual errors can be corrected during the error correction block based on the determined discrepancies between the predicted motion and actual motion.
[0130] Further, small errors in the orientation of phase and read-encoding gradients can also be corrected during reconstruction, for instance, by interpolating the originally acquired raw data to a rectilinear raw data grid prior to Fourier transformation.
[0131] In some embodiments, the system can be configured to reconstruct an image based on the magnetic resonance scan, orientation and/or pose update, phase encoding gradient update, read gradient update, application of correction gradient, apply correction phase block, and/or any errors corrected during the error correction block at block 814.
Motion Effects - Examples
[0132] Figure 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating the effects of an embodiment of a method of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan. The illustrated embodiment in Figure 9 comprises prospectively updating one or more geometry parameters, prospectively updating phase and/or read gradient(s), and applying a correction gradient.
[0133] As discussed above, in some embodiments, one or more slice updates or geometric updates are applied prior to and/or immediately prior to one or more radiofrequency pulses, including but not limited to excitation of the spin system. RF1 through RF3 correspond to one or more radiofrequency pulses. As illustrated, a slice update can occur immediately prior to application of radiofrequency pulse RF1. Further, another slice update can occur immediately prior to another radiofrequency pulse RF2. Additionally,
another slice update can occur immediately prior to applying another radiofrequency pulse RF3.
[0134] PI through P7 correspond to individual periodic packets of orientation and/or pose data that is detected by one or more motion detectors and transmitted to the magnetic resonance system in some embodiments. As illustrated, one or more slice updates can be applied by the system using the orientation and/or pose data packet that was transmitted to the system immediately prior to one or more slice updates and/or geometric updates. For example, a first slice update can be applied based on data packet PI. Further, another slice update can be applied based on the orientation and/or pose data packet P2. Additionally, another slice update can occur using the orientation and/or pose data packet P6.
[0135] In contrast to some embodiments where motion of a subject between excitation, for example RF1, and data acquisition, AQ, is ignored as negligible, the depicted embodiment prospectively updates geometric parameters within a single magnetic resonance scanning step to obtain clearer images. The second horizontal line denoted SL corresponds to slice gradients and updates. As illustrated in Figure 9, the one or more slice updates are applied immediately prior to one or more radiofrequency pulses using an orientation and/or pose data packet that was received immediately prior to the slice update.
[0136] The third horizontal line denoted PH corresponds to phase encoding direction. As illustrated in Figure 9, the phase encoding gradient in some embodiments is updated immediately prior to data acquisition, which is labeled AQ. In some embodiments, the data acquisition can last for anywhere from about one milliseconds to about 100 milliseconds or longer.
[0137] The fourth horizontal line denoted RO corresponds to the readout direction. As illustrated in Figure 9, in some embodiments the read encoding update is applied immediately prior to or concurrently with data acquisition. In some embodiments, read encoding update is not required. Rather, only phase encoding update and/or geometry update is applied.
[0138] Gl through G4 in the PH horizontal line correspond to additional magnetic field gradients used to encode additional information, such as microscopic diffusion of molecules, or to eliminate unwanted signals, or for other purposes. As discussed above, if a subject does not move and remains completely still during a magnetic resonance scan, there
is no gradient moment build-up. In other words, the sum of the areas of G1-G4 should equal zero. However, if the subject moves during a magnetic resonance scan, the interaction of gradients Gl through G4 with the moving subject causes the gradient moment build-up to not equal zero. This gradient moment build-up can cause additional motion artifacts in the scanned image.
[0139] Accordingly, in some embodiments, the system is configured to apply an additional brief gradient or a correction gradient to reverse the effects of the total gradient moment. In some embodiments, the correction gradient is simply the inverse of the gradient moment build-up. In the depicted embodiment, a "blip" or a correction gradient moment is calculated prior to or immediately prior to data acquisition. As illustrated, in order to calculate the gradient moment build-up, which is the integral of the gradient sequence multiplied by the rotation matrix during the scan, orientation and/or pose data packets from the entire scan duration can be used. For example, in the depicted embodiment, P1-P7 can be used in conjunction with the gradient sequence to calculate the gradient moment build-up.
[0140] However, as discussed, lag time and/or noise may be present in the orientation and/or pose data packets. For example, it requires time for data packet P5 to be transmitted from one or more motion detectors to the computer system and to be processed. As a result, such lag time and/or noise in orientation and/or pose data leads to possible errors in the prospective updates to one or more geometry parameters, phase/gradient, and/or calculation of a correction gradient.
[0141] However, after data acquisition, in some embodiments, the one or more motion detectors can be configured to continue to collect orientation and/or pose data, for example P8 and/or P9. With such continued data, the lag time can be accounted for. For example, each data packet can be shifted in time by a certain amount in order to account for the lag time. By shifting the time of orientation and/or pose data, the system can obtain true orientation and/or pose data and determine and/or correct any errors remaining after data acquisition.
[0142] Figure 10 is another schematic diagram illustrating the effects of an embodiment of a method of intra-scan motion correction during a magnetic resonance scan. In Figure 10, the first horizontal line RF illustrates the radiofrequency sequences. GSL, GPE, and GRO represent slice gradient, phase encoding gradient, and readout gradient respectively.
[0143] The echo time (TE) corresponds to the time between the center or excitation and the center of data acquisition. Similar to Figure 9, a slice update is conducted by the system immediately prior to excitation. Further, a phase encoding gradient update is conducted by the system between excitation and data acquisition. Additionally, a correction gradient is applied by the system to the subject before data acquisition. The correction gradient in Figure 10 is illustrated by the pulses located within the oval. Moreover, a read encoding gradient update can be conducted by the system in conjunction with data acquisition. For example, a read encoding gradient update process can begin immediately prior to data acquisition and continue to be conducted throughout the data acquisition process.
[0144] Further, in Figure 10, another slice update is applied immediately before excitation of a second magnetic resonance scan. Repetition time (TR) refers to the time between the excitation of a first scan and a second scan.
[0145] As discussed, many embodiments of non-intrascan motion correction systems update scan parameters only once prior to each "excitation" radiofrequency (RF) pulse, which is typically every 100ms or less frequently. Further, some of such embodiments only correct slice locations. Since the subject position and orientation is assumed to be static between a given "excitation" and "readout", such a scheme can work well for relatively slow movements, on the order of a few millimeters / second. However, more rapid movements require dynamic updates of sequence parameters (for instance every few milliseconds) between excitation and acquisition, i.e. within each line of k-space. Of note, some tracking techniques, such as optical techniques, can allow very rapid and accurate tracking, from 100 to up to 1000 times per second.
[0146] Consequently, updating scan parameters "intra-scan" as described herein can allow compensation of even the most rapid movements, up to 10s or 100s of mm / second or even higher. Therefore, rapidly repeated motion correction with "intra-scan" updates as described herein makes it possible to perform high-quality MR scans in very sick or confused subjects or children, without the need for anesthesia.
[0147] Importantly, the concepts described herein can generally be applied to any imaging or spectroscopy sequence and therefore can constitute a universal method to compensate the effects of subject motion in any MR scan. For some spectroscopy scans, data may not be acquired in k-space (i.e. without use of readout gradients); however, the methods
disclosed can be used to eliminate phase errors and / or imbalances in gradient moments due to motion, which otherwise result in signal reduction and spectral distortions due to non coherent averaging of signals. Likewise, some imaging techniques use non-rectangular sampling in k-space, but the methods described can easily be adapted to such sampling schemes.
Computing System
[0148] In some embodiments, the computer clients and/or servers described above take the form of a computing system 1100 illustrated in Figure 11, which is a block diagram of one embodiment of a computing system that is in communication with one or more computing systems 1110 and/or one or more data sources 1120 via one or more networks 1116. The computing system 1100 may be used to implement one or more of the systems and methods described herein. In addition, in one embodiment, the computing system 1100 may be configured to apply one or more of the intra-scan motion correction techniques described herein. While Figure 11 illustrates one embodiment of a computing system 1100, it is recognized that the functionality provided for in the components and modules of computing system 1100 may be combined into fewer components and modules or further separated into additional components and modules.
Motion Correction Module
[0149] In one embodiment, the system 1100 comprises a motion correction module 1106 that carries out the functions described herein with reference to repeatedly correcting motion effects during a scan, including any one of the intra-scan motion correction techniques described above. The motion correction module 1106 may be executed on the computing system 1100 by a central processing unit 1102 discussed further below.
[0150] In general, the word "module," as used herein, refers to logic embodied in hardware or firmware, or to a collection of software instructions, possibly having entry and exit points, written in a programming language, such as, for example, COBOL, CICS, Java, Lua, C or C++. A software module may be compiled and linked into an executable program, installed in a dynamic link library, or may be written in an interpreted programming language such as, for example, BASIC, Perl, or Python. It will be appreciated that software modules may be callable from other modules or from themselves, and/or may be invoked in response to detected events or interrupts. Software instructions may be embedded in firmware, such as
an EPROM. It will be further appreciated that hardware modules may be comprised of connected logic units, such as gates and flip-flops, and/or may be comprised of programmable units, such as programmable gate arrays or processors. The modules described herein are preferably implemented as software modules, but may be represented in hardware or firmware. Generally, the modules described herein refer to logical modules that may be combined with other modules or divided into sub-modules despite their physical organization or storage.
Computing System Components
[0151] In one embodiment, the computing system 1100 also comprises a mainframe computer suitable for controlling and/or communicating with large databases, performing high volume transaction processing, and generating reports from large databases. The computing system 1100 also comprises a central processing unit ("CPU") 1102, which may comprise a conventional microprocessor. The computing system 1100 further comprises a memory 1104, such as random access memory ("RAM") for temporary storage of information and/or a read only memory ("ROM") for permanent storage of information, and a mass storage device 1108, such as a hard drive, diskette, or optical media storage device. Typically, the modules of the computing system 1100 are connected to the computer using a standards based bus system. In different embodiments, the standards based bus system could be Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), MicroChannel, SCSI, Industrial Standard Architecture (ISA) and Extended ISA (EISA) architectures, for example.
[0152] The computing system 1100 comprises one or more commonly available input/output (I/O) devices and interfaces 1112, such as a keyboard, mouse, touchpad, and printer. In one embodiment, the I/O devices and interfaces 1112 comprise one or more display devices, such as a monitor, that allows the visual presentation of data to a user. More particularly, a display device provides for the presentation of GUIs, application software data, and multimedia presentations, for example. In the embodiment of Figure 11, the I/O devices and interfaces 1112 also provide a communications interface to various external devices. The computing system 1100 may also comprise one or more multimedia devices 1110, such as speakers, video cards, graphics accelerators, and microphones, for example.
Computing System Device/Operating System
[0153] The computing system 1100 may run on a variety of computing devices, such as, for example, a server, a Windows server, an Structure Query Language server, a Unix server, a personal computer, a mainframe computer, a laptop computer, a cell phone, a personal digital assistant, a kiosk, an audio player, and so forth. The computing system 1100 is generally controlled and coordinated by operating system software, such as z/OS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Linux, BSD, SunOS, Solaris, or other compatible operating systems. In Macintosh systems, the operating system may be any available operating system, such as MAC OS X. In other embodiments, the computing system 5800 may be controlled by a proprietary operating system. Conventional operating systems control and schedule computer processes for execution, perform memory management, provide file system, networking, and I/O services, and provide a user interface, such as a graphical user interface ("GUI"), among other things.
Network
[0154] In the embodiment of Figure 11, the computing system 1100 is coupled to a network 1116, such as a LAN, WAN, or the Internet, for example, via a wired, wireless, or combination of wired and wireless, communication link 1114. The network 1116 communicates with various computing devices and/or other electronic devices via wired or wireless communication links. In the embodiment of Figure 11, the network 1116 is communicating with one or more computing systems 1118 and/or one or more data sources 1120.
[0155] Access to the image construction module 1106 of the computer system 1100 by computing systems 1118 and/or by data sources 1120 may be through a web-enabled user access point such as the computing systems' 1118 or data source's 1120 personal computer, cellular phone, laptop, or other device capable of connecting to the network 1116. Such a device may have a browser module is implemented as a module that uses text, graphics, audio, video, and other media to present data and to allow interaction with data via the network 1116.
[0156] The browser module may be implemented as a combination of an all points addressable display such as a cathode-ray tube (CRT), a liquid crystal display (LCD),
a plasma display, or other types and/or combinations of displays. In addition, the browser module may be implemented to communicate with input devices 1112 and may also comprise software with the appropriate interfaces which allow a user to access data through the use of stylized screen elements such as, for example, menus, windows, dialog boxes, toolbars, and controls (for example, radio buttons, check boxes, sliding scales, and so forth). Furthermore, the browser module may communicate with a set of input and output devices to receive signals from the user.
[0157] The input device(s) may comprise a keyboard, roller ball, pen and stylus, mouse, trackball, voice recognition system, or pre-designated switches or buttons. The output device(s) may comprise a speaker, a display screen, a printer, or a voice synthesizer. In addition a touch screen may act as a hybrid input/output device. In another embodiment, a user may interact with the system more directly such as through a system terminal connected to the score generator without communications over the Internet, a WAN, or LAN, or similar network.
[0158] In some embodiments, the system 1100 may comprise a physical or logical connection established between a remote microprocessor and a mainframe host computer for the express purpose of uploading, downloading, or viewing interactive data and databases on-line in real time. The remote microprocessor may be operated by an entity operating the computer system 1100, including the client server systems or the main server system, an/or may be operated by one or more of the data sources 1120 and/or one or more of the computing systems. In some embodiments, terminal emulation software may be used on the microprocessor for participating in the micro -mainframe link.
[0159] In some embodiments, computing systems 1118 who are internal to an entity operating the computer system 1100 may access the image construction module 1106 internally as an application or process run by the CPU 1102.
User Access Point
[0160] In an embodiment, a user access point or user interface 1112 comprises a personal computer, a laptop computer, a cellular phone, a GPS system, a Blackberry® device, a portable computing device, a server, a computer workstation, a local area network of individual computers, an interactive kiosk, a personal digital assistant, an interactive
wireless communications device, a handheld computer, an embedded computing device, or the like.
Other Systems
[0161] In addition to the systems that are illustrated in Figure 11, the network 1116 may communicate with other data sources or other computing devices. The computing system 1100 may also comprise one or more internal and/or external data sources. In some embodiments, one or more of the data repositories and the data sources may be implemented using a relational database, such as DB2, Sybase, Oracle, CodeBase and Microsoft® SQL Server as well as other types of databases such as, for example, a signal database, object- oriented database, and/or a record-based database.
[0162] Conditional language, such as, among others, "can," "could," "might," or "may," unless specifically stated otherwise, or otherwise understood within the context as used, is generally intended to convey that certain embodiments include, while other embodiments do not include, certain features, elements and/or steps. Thus, such conditional language is not generally intended to imply that features, elements and/or steps are in any way required for one or more embodiments or that one or more embodiments necessarily include logic for deciding, with or without user input or prompting, whether these features, elements and/or steps are included or are to be performed in any particular embodiment. The headings used herein are for the convenience of the reader only and are not meant to limit the scope of the inventions or claims.
[0163] Although this invention has been disclosed in the context of certain preferred embodiments and examples, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention extends beyond the specifically disclosed embodiments to other alternative embodiments and/or uses of the invention and obvious modifications and equivalents thereof. Additionally, the skilled artisan will recognize that any of the above-described methods can be carried out using any appropriate apparatus. Further, the disclosure herein of any particular feature, aspect, method, property, characteristic, quality, attribute, element, or the like in connection with an embodiment can be used in all other embodiments set forth herein. For all of the embodiments described herein the steps of the methods need not be performed sequentially. Thus, it is intended that the scope of the present invention herein disclosed should not be limited by the particular disclosed embodiments described above.
Claims
1. A magnetic resonance system configured to correct intra-scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan, the system comprising:
a magnetic resonance scanner configured to generate a magnetic field gradient and a radiofrequency signal for the magnetic resonance scan;
a motion tracking system configured to track one or more pose parameters of a subject and transmit pose data corresponding to the tracked one or more pose parameters at a given time to the magnetic resonance scanner;
an electronic memory storage configured to store modules; and a computer processor configured to execute the modules comprising at least: a correction gradient calculation module configured to calculate a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the transmitted pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan;
the magnetic resonance scanner further configured to apply the correction gradient to the subject prior to detecting signals emitted from the subject to correct one or more initial errors in magnetic gradient moment due to movement of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan; and
the magnetic resonance scanner further configured to detect the signals emitted from the subject for data acquisition.
2. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 1, further comprising an error correction module configured to compare the transmitted pose data to final pose data and eliminate one or more residual errors in the calculation of the moment of the correction gradient, wherein the final orientation data is available after data acquisition.
3. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 1, further comprising a geometry update module configured to update one or more geometric parameters based on the transmitted pose data to correct errors in the one or more geometric parameters due to movement of the subject.
4. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 3, wherein the geometry update module is configured to update the one or more geometric parameters prior to one or more radiofrequency pulses.
5. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 3, wherein the geometry update module is configured to update the one or more geometric parameters prior to each radiofrequency pulse.
6. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 3, further comprising an error correction module configured to compare the transmitted pose data to final pose data and eliminate one or more residual errors in the one or more geometric parameters, wherein the final orientation data is available after data acquisition.
7. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 1, further comprising a phase encoding update module configured to update one or more phase encoding gradients based on the transmitted pose data.
8. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 7, further comprising an error correction module configured to compare the transmitted pose data to final pose data and eliminate one or more residual errors in the updates to the one or more phase encoding gradients, wherein the final orientation data is available after data acquisition.
9. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 7, wherein the phase encoding update module is configured to update the one or more phase encoding gradients after excitation and prior to data acquisition by the magnetic resonance scanner.
10. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 7, wherein the phase encoding update module is configured to update the one or more phase encoding gradients concurrently with data acquisition by the magnetic resonance scanner.
11. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 1, further comprising a read encoding gradient update module configured to update one or more read encoding gradients based on the transmitted orientation data.
12. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 11, further comprising an error correction module configured to compare the transmitted pose data to final pose data and eliminate one or more residual errors in the updates to the one or more read encoding gradients, wherein the final orientation data is available after data acquisition.
13. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 11, wherein the read encoding update module is configured to update the one or more read encoding gradients after excitation and prior to data acquisition by the magnetic resonance scanner.
14. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 11, wherein the read encoding gradient update module is configured to update the one or more read encoding gradients concurrently with data acquisition by the magnetic resonance scanner.
15. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 1, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated to reverse a first gradient moment, wherein the first gradient moment is calculated from the transmitted pose data according to:
T
M = R-1 (t) - G(t) - dt
0 wherein R(t) is a rotation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
16. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 1, further comprising a phase correction module configured to correct errors in one or more phases.
17. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 16, wherein the phase correction module is configured to correct errors in the one or more phases based on:
wherein X(t) is a translation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
18. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 1, wherein the one or more of transmitted pose data used to calculate the moment of the correction gradient is shifted in time to correct for one or more prediction errors related to the transmitted pose data.
19. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 18, wherein the one or more prediction errors comprise lag time, noise, and changes in motion pattern.
20. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 1, wherein the motion tracking system comprises a Moire Phase Tracking system.
21. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 1, wherein the motion tracking system comprises a stereovision tracking system.
22. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 1, wherein the correction gradient is an additional magnetic gradient to be applied to the subject for a period of time.
23. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 1, wherein the correction gradient is applied in conjunction with another gradient.
24. The magnetic resonance system of Claim 1, wherein the system is capable of correcting one or more errors due to movement of the subject occurring at greater than 10 mm per second.
25. An intra- scan motion correction system, the system comprising:
an electronic memory storage configured to store modules; and a computer processor configured to execute the modules comprising at least: a motion tracking module configured to receive pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and
a correction gradient calculation module configured to calculate a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, and wherein the correction gradient is to be applied to the subject to correct one or more initial errors in magnetic gradient moment due to movement of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan.
26. The system of Claim 25, wherein the system is connected to a magnetic resonance system via a computer network.
27. The system of Claim 26, wherein the magnetic resonance system is configured to apply the correction gradient on the subject.
28. The system of Claim 25, wherein the correction gradient is an additional magnetic gradient to be applied to the subject for a period of time.
29. The system of Claim 25, wherein the correction gradient is applied in conjunction with another gradient.
30. The system of Claim 25, further comprising a geometry update module configured to update one or more geometric parameters based on the received pose data to correct errors in the one or more geometric parameters due to movement of the subject.
31. The system of Claim 25, further comprising a phase encoding update module configured to update one or more phase encoding gradients based on the received pose data.
32. The system of Claim 25, further comprising a read encoding gradient update module configured to update one or more read encoding gradients based on the received pose data.
33. The system of Claim 25, further comprising an error correction module configured to compare the received pose data to final pose data and eliminate one or more residual errors based on the comparison, wherein the final pose data is available after the magnetic resonance scan.
34. The system of Claim 33, wherein the one or more residual errors comprise errors in geometric orientation and signal phase.
35. The system of Claim 25, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated to reverse a first gradient moment, wherein the first gradient moment is calculated from the received pose data according to:
0 wherein R(t) is a rotation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
36. The system of Claim 25, further comprising a phase correction module configured to correct errors in one or more phases.
37. The system of Claim 36, wherein the phase correction module is configured to correct errors in the one or more phases based on:
0
wherein X(t) is a translation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
38. The system of Claim 25, wherein the received pose data used to calculate the moment of the correction gradient is shifted in time to correct for one or more prediction errors related to the received pose data.
39. The system of Claim 25, wherein the system is capable of correcting one or more errors due to movement of the subject occurring at greater than 10 mm per second.
40. An intra-scan motion correction system, the system comprising:
an electronic memory storage configured to store modules; and a computer processor configured to execute the modules comprising at least: a motion tracking module configured to receive pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems over a computer network during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and
an error correction module configured to calculate a gradient moment based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the calculated gradient moment, and wherein the one or more errors in the gradient moment are corrected during reconstruction.
41. The system of Claim 40, wherein the system is connected to a magnetic resonance system via a computer network.
42. The system of Claim 40, further comprising a geometry update module configured to update one or more geometric parameters based on the received pose data to correct errors in the one or more geometric parameters due to movement of the subject.
43. The system of Claim 40, further comprising a phase encoding update module configured to prospectively update one or more phase encoding gradients based on the received pose data.
44. The system of Claim 40, further comprising a read encoding gradient update module configured to prospectively update one or more read encoding gradients based on the received pose data.
45. The system of Claim 40, further comprising a correction gradient calculation module configured to calculate a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, and wherein the correction gradient is to be applied to the subject to correct one or more initial errors in signal phase due to movement of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan.
46. The system of Claim 45, wherein the correction gradient is applied in conjunction with another gradient.
47. The system of Claim 45, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated to reverse a first gradient moment, wherein the first gradient moment is calculated from the received pose data according to:
M = - G(t) - dt
48. The system of Claim 40, further comprising a phase correction module configured to correct errors in one or more phases.
49. The system of Claim 48, wherein the phase correction module is configured to correct errors in the one or more phases based on:
0
wherein X(t) is a translation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
50. The system of Claim 40, wherein the system is capable of correcting one or more errors due to movement of the subject occurring at greater than 10 mm per second.
51. An intra-scan motion correction system, the system comprising:
an electronic memory storage configured to store modules; and a computer processor configured to execute the modules comprising at least: a motion tracking module configured to receive pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems over a computer network during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and
an error correction module configured to calculate a phase based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the phase, and wherein the one or more errors in the phase are corrected during reconstruction.
52. The system of Claim 51, wherein the system is connected to a magnetic resonance system via a computer network.
53. The system of Claim 51, further comprising a geometry update module configured to update one or more geometric parameters based on the received pose data to correct errors in the one or more geometric parameters due to movement of the subject.
54. The system of Claim 51, further comprising a phase encoding update module configured to prospectively update one or more phase encoding gradients based on the received pose data.
55. The system of Claim 51, further comprising a read encoding gradient update module configured to prospectively update one or more read encoding gradients based on the received pose data.
56. The system of Claim 51, further comprising a correction gradient calculation module configured to calculate a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, and wherein the correction gradient is to be applied to the subject to correct one or more initial errors in magnetic gradient moment due to movement of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan.
57. The system of Claim 56, wherein the correction gradient is applied in conjunction with another gradient.
58. The system of Claim 56, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated to reverse a first gradient moment, wherein the first gradient moment is calculated from the received pose data according to:
wherein R(t) is a rotation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
59. The system of Claim 51, further comprising a phase correction module configured to prospectively correct errors in one or more phases.
60. The system of Claim 59, wherein the phase correction module is configured to correct one or more errors in the phase based on:
0
wherein X(t) is a translation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
61. The system of Claim 51, wherein the error correction module is further configured to calculate a gradient moment based on the received pose data and the gradient sequence, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the calculated gradient moment, and wherein the one or more errors in the gradient moment are corrected during reconstruction.
62. The system of Claim 51, wherein the system is capable of correcting one or more errors due to movement of the subject occurring at greater than 10 mm per second.
63. A computer- implemented method of correcting for intra-scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan, the computer-implemented method comprising:
generating by a magnetic resonance scanner a magnetic field gradient and a radiofrequency signal for the magnetic resonance scan;
tracking by a motion tracking system one or more pose parameters of a subject and transmitting pose data corresponding to the tracked one or more pose parameters at a given time to the magnetic resonance scanner;
calculating by a correction gradient calculation module a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the transmitted pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan;
applying by the magnetic resonance scanner the correction gradient to the subject prior to detecting signals emitted from the subject to correct one or more initial errors in magnetic gradient moment due to movement of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan; and
detecting by the magnetic resonance scanner the signals emitted from the subject for data acquisition,
wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
64. The computer-implemented method of Claim 63, further comprising comparing by an error correction module the transmitted pose data to final pose data and eliminate one or more residual errors in the calculation of the moment of the correction gradient, wherein the final orientation data is available after data acquisition.
65. The computer-implemented method of Claim 63, further comprising updating by a geometry update module one or more geometric parameters based on the transmitted pose data to correct errors in the one or more geometric parameters due to movement of the subject.
66. The computer- implemented method of Claim 65, wherein the geometry update module is configured to update the one or more geometric parameters prior to one or more radiofrequency pulses.
67. The computer- implemented method of Claim 65, wherein the geometry update module is configured to update the one or more geometric parameters prior to each radiofrequency pulse.
68. The computer-implemented method of Claim 65, further comprising comparing by an error correction module the transmitted pose data to final pose data and eliminating one or more residual errors in the one or more geometric parameters, wherein the final orientation data is available after data acquisition.
69. The computer-implemented method of Claim 63, further comprising updating by a phase encoding update module one or more phase encoding gradients based on the transmitted pose data.
70. The computer-implemented method of Claim 69, further comprising comparing by an error correction module the transmitted pose data to final pose data and eliminating one or more residual errors in the updates to the one or more phase encoding gradients, wherein the final orientation data is available after data acquisition.
71. The computer-implemented method of Claim 69, wherein the phase encoding update module is configured to update the one or more phase encoding gradients after excitation and prior to data acquisition by the magnetic resonance scanner.
72. The computer-implemented method of Claim 69, wherein the phase encoding update module is configured to update the one or more phase encoding gradients concurrently with data acquisition by the magnetic resonance scanner.
73. The computer-implemented method of Claim 63, further comprising updating by a read encoding gradient update module one or more read encoding gradients based on the transmitted orientation data.
74. The computer-implemented method of Claim 73, further comprising comparing by an error correction module the transmitted pose data to final pose data and eliminating one or more residual errors in the updates to the one or more read encoding gradients, wherein the final orientation data is available after data acquisition.
75. The computer-implemented method of Claim 73, wherein the read encoding update module is configured to update the one or more read encoding gradients after excitation and prior to data acquisition by the magnetic resonance scanner.
76. The computer-implemented method of Claim 73, wherein the read encoding gradient update module is configured to update the one or more read encoding gradients concurrently with data acquisition by the magnetic resonance scanner.
77. The computer-implemented method of Claim 63, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated to reverse a first gradient moment, wherein the first gradient moment is calculated from the transmitted pose data according to: wherein R(t) is a rotation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
78. The computer-implemented method of Claim 63, further comprising correcting by a phase correction module errors in one or more phases.
79. The computer-implemented method of Claim 78, wherein the phase correction module is configured to correct errors in the one or more phases based on:
wherein X(t) is a translation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
80. The computer-implemented method of Claim 63, wherein one or more transmitted pose data used to calculate the moment of the correction gradient is shifted in time to correct for one or more prediction errors related to the transmitted pose data.
81. The computer- implemented method of Claim 80, wherein the one or more prediction errors comprise lag time, noise, and changes in motion pattern.
82. The computer-implemented method of Claim 63, wherein the motion tracking system comprises a Moire Phase Tracking system.
83. The computer-implemented method of Claim 63, wherein the motion tracking system comprises a stereovision tracking system.
84. The computer-implemented method of Claim 63, wherein the correction gradient is an additional magnetic gradient to be applied to the subject for a period of time.
85. The computer-implemented method of Claim 63, wherein the correction gradient is applied in conjunction with another gradient.
86. The computer-implemented method of Claim 63, wherein the method is capable of correcting one or more errors due to movement of the subject occurring at greater than 10 mm per second.
87. A computer- implemented method of correcting for intra-scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan, the method comprising:
receiving by a motion tracking module pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems during the magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and calculating by a correction gradient calculation module a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, and wherein the correction gradient is to be applied to the subject to correct one or more initial errors in magnetic gradient moment due to movement of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan,
wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
88. The computer-implemented method of Claim 87, wherein the motion tracking module and the correction gradient calculation module are connected to a magnetic resonance system via a computer network.
89. The computer-implemented method of Claim 88, wherein the magnetic resonance system is configured to apply the correction gradient on the subject.
90. The computer-implemented method of Claim 87, wherein the correction gradient is an additional magnetic gradient to be applied to the subject for a period of time.
91. The computer-implemented method of Claim 87, wherein the correction gradient is applied in conjunction with another gradient.
92. The computer-implemented method of Claim 87, further comprising updating by a geometry update module one or more geometric parameters based on the received pose data to correct errors in the one or more geometric parameters due to movement of the subject.
93. The computer-implemented method of Claim 87, further comprising updating by a phase encoding update module one or more phase encoding gradients based on the received pose data.
94. The computer-implemented method of Claim 87, further comprising updating by a read encoding gradient update module one or more read encoding gradients based on the received pose data.
95. The computer-implemented method of Claim 87, further comprising comparing by an error correction module the received pose data to final pose data and eliminating one or more residual errors based on the comparison, wherein the final pose data is available after the magnetic resonance scan.
96. The computer- implemented method of Claim 95, wherein the one or more residual errors comprise errors in geometric orientation and signal phase.
97. The computer- implemented method of Claim 87, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated to reverse a first gradient moment, wherein the first gradient moment is calculated from the received pose data according to: wherein R(t) is a rotation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
98. The computer-implemented method of Claim 87, further comprising correcting by a phase correction module errors in one or more phases.
99. The computer-implemented method of Claim 98, wherein the phase correction module is configured to correct errors in the one or more phases based on:
0
wherein X(t) is a translation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
100. The computer-implemented method of Claim 87, wherein the received pose data used to calculate the moment of the correction gradient is shifted in time to correct for one or more prediction errors related to the received pose data.
101. The computer- implemented method of Claim 87, wherein the method is capable of correcting one or more errors due to movement of the subject occurring at greater than 10 mm per second.
102. A computer-implemented method of correcting for intra-scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan, the method comprising:
receiving by a motion tracking module pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems over a computer network during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and
calculating by an error correction module a gradient moment based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the calculated gradient moment, and wherein the one or more errors in the gradient moment are corrected during reconstruction,
wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
103. The computer- implemented method of Claim 102, wherein the motion tracking module and the error correction module are connected to a magnetic resonance system via a computer network.
104. The computer-implemented method of Claim 102, further comprising updating by a geometry update module one or more geometric parameters based on the received pose data to correct errors in the one or more geometric parameters due to movement of the subject.
105. The computer- implemented method of Claim 102, further comprising prospectively updating by a phase encoding update module one or more phase encoding gradients based on the received pose data.
106. The computer- implemented method of Claim 102, further comprising prospectively updating by a read encoding gradient update module one or more read encoding gradients based on the received pose data.
107. The computer- implemented method of Claim 102, further comprising calculating by a correction gradient calculation module a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, and wherein the correction gradient is to be applied to the subject to correct one or more initial errors in signal phase due to movement of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan.
108. The computer- implemented method of Claim 107, wherein the correction gradient is applied in conjunction with another gradient.
109. The computer-implemented method of Claim 107, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated to reverse a first gradient moment, wherein the first gradient moment is calculated from the received pose data according to:
T
M = R-1(t) - G(t) - dt
0 wherein R(t) is a rotation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
110. The computer-implemented method of Claim 102, further comprising correcting by a phase correction module errors in one or more phases.
111. The computer-implemented method of Claim 110, wherein the phase correction module is configured to correct errors in the one or more phases based on:
0
wherein X(t) is a translation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
112. The computer-implemented method of Claim 102, wherein the method is capable of correcting one or more errors due to movement of the subject occurring at greater than 10 mm per second.
113. A computer- implemented method of correcting for intra-scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan, the method comprising:
receiving by a motion tracking module pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems over a computer network during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and calculating by an error correction module a phase based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the phase, and wherein the one or more errors in the phase are corrected during reconstruction,
wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
114. The computer-implemented method of Claim 113, wherein the motion tracking module and the phase correction module are connected to a magnetic resonance system via a computer network.
115. The computer- implemented method of Claim 113, further comprising updating by a geometry update module one or more geometric parameters based on the received pose data to correct errors in the one or more geometric parameters due to movement of the subject.
116. The computer- implemented method of Claim 113, further comprising prospectively updating by a phase encoding update module one or more phase encoding gradients based on the received pose data.
117. The computer- implemented method of Claim 113, further comprising prospectively updating by a read encoding gradient update module one or more read encoding gradients based on the received pose data.
118. The computer- implemented method of Claim 113, further comprising calculating by a correction gradient calculation module a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, and wherein the correction gradient is to be applied to the subject to correct one or more initial errors in magnetic gradient moment due to movement of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan.
119. The computer- implemented method of Claim 118, wherein the correction gradient is applied in conjunction with another gradient.
120. The computer-implemented method of Claim 118, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated to reverse a first gradient moment, wherein the first gradient moment is calculated from the received pose data according to:
T
M = R-1(t) - G(t) - dt wherein R(t) is a rotation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
121. The computer- implemented method of Claim 113, further comprising prospectively correcting by a phase correction module errors in the one or more phases
122. The computer-implemented method of Claim 121, wherein the phase correction module is configured to correct one or more errors in the phase based on:
0
wherein X(t) is a translation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
123. The computer- implemented method of Claim 113, further comprising calculating by the error correction module a gradient moment based on the received pose data and the gradient sequence, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the calculated gradient moment, and wherein the one or more errors in the gradient moment are corrected during reconstruction.
124. The computer-implemented method of Claim 113, wherein the method is capable of correcting one or more errors due to movement of the subject occurring at greater than 10 mm per second.
125. A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium having a computer program stored thereon for causing a suitably programmed computer system to process by one or more computer processors computer-program code by performing a method to correct for intra-scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan when the computer program is executed on the suitably programmed computer system, the method comprising:
generating by a magnetic resonance scanner a magnetic field gradient and a radiofrequency signal for the magnetic resonance scan;
tracking by a motion tracking system one or more pose parameters of a subject and transmitting pose data corresponding to the tracked one or more pose parameters at a given time to the magnetic resonance scanner; calculating by a correction gradient calculation module a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the transmitted pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan;
applying by the magnetic resonance scanner the correction gradient to the subject prior to detecting signals emitted from the subject to correct one or more initial errors in magnetic gradient moment due to movement of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan; and
detecting by the magnetic resonance scanner the signals emitted from the subject for data acquisition,
wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
126. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 125, wherein the method further comprises comparing by an error correction module the transmitted pose data to final pose data and eliminate one or more residual errors in the calculation of the moment of the correction gradient, wherein the final orientation data is available after data acquisition.
127. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 125, wherein the method further comprises updating by a geometry update module one or more geometric parameters based on the transmitted pose data to correct errors in the one or more geometric parameters due to movement of the subject.
128. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 127, wherein the geometry update module is configured to update the one or more geometric parameters prior to one or more radiofrequency pulses.
129. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 127, wherein the geometry update module is configured to update the one or more geometric parameters prior to each radiofrequency pulse.
130. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 127, wherein the method further comprises comparing by an error correction module the transmitted pose data to final pose data and eliminating one or more residual errors in the one or more geometric parameters, wherein the final orientation data is available after data acquisition.
131. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 125, wherein the method further comprises updating by a phase encoding update module one or more phase encoding gradients based on the transmitted pose data.
132. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 131, wherein the method further comprises comparing by an error correction module the transmitted pose data to final pose data and eliminating one or more residual errors in the updates to the one or more phase encoding gradients, wherein the final orientation data is available after data acquisition.
133. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 131, wherein the phase encoding update module is configured to update the one or more phase encoding gradients after excitation and prior to data acquisition by the magnetic resonance scanner.
134. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 131, wherein the phase encoding update module is configured to update the one or more phase encoding gradients concurrently with data acquisition by the magnetic resonance scanner.
135. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 125, wherein the method further comprises updating by a read encoding gradient update module one or more read encoding gradients based on the transmitted orientation data.
136. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 135 wherein the method further comprises comparing by an error correction module the transmitted pose data to final pose data and eliminating one or more residual errors in the updates to the one or more read encoding gradients, wherein the final orientation data is available after data acquisition.
137. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 135, wherein the read encoding update module is configured to update the one or more read encoding gradients after excitation and prior to data acquisition by the magnetic resonance scanner.
138. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 135, wherein the read encoding gradient update module is configured to update the one or more read encoding gradients concurrently with data acquisition by the magnetic resonance scanner.
139. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 125, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated to reverse a first gradient moment, wherein the first gradient moment is calculated from the transmitted pose data according to: τ
M = R-1(t) - G(t) - dt
0
wherein R(t) is a rotation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
140. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 125, wherein the method further comprises correcting by a phase correction module errors in one or more phases.
141. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 140, wherein the phase correction module is configured to correct errors in the one or more phases based on:
wherein X(t) is a translation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
142. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 125, wherein one or more of the transmitted pose data used to calculate the moment of the correction gradient is shifted in time to correct for one or more prediction errors related to the transmitted pose data.
143. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 142, wherein the one or more prediction errors comprise lag time, noise, and changes in motion pattern.
144. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 125, wherein the motion tracking system comprises a Moire Phase Tracking system.
145. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 125, wherein the motion tracking system comprises a stereovision tracking system.
146. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 125, wherein the correction gradient is an additional magnetic gradient to be applied to the subject for a period of time.
147. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 125, wherein the correction gradient is applied in conjunction with another gradient.
148. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 125, wherein the method is capable of correcting one or more errors due to movement of the subject occurring at greater than 10 mm per second.
149. A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium having a computer program stored thereon for causing a suitably programmed computer system to process by one or more computer processors computer-program code by performing a method to correct for intra-scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan when the computer program is executed on the suitably programmed computer system, the method comprising:
receiving by a motion tracking module pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems during the magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and calculating by a correction gradient calculation module a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, and wherein the correction gradient is to be applied to the subject to correct one or more initial errors in magnetic gradient moment due to movement of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan,
wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
150. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 149, wherein the motion tracking module and the correction gradient calculation module are connected to a magnetic resonance system via a computer network.
151. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 150, wherein the magnetic resonance system is configured to apply the correction gradient on the subject.
152. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 149, wherein the correction gradient is an additional magnetic gradient to be applied to the subject for a period of time.
153. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 149, wherein the correction gradient is applied in conjunction with another gradient.
154. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 149, wherein the method further comprises updating by a geometry update module one or more geometric parameters based on the received pose data to correct errors in the one or more geometric parameters due to movement of the subject.
155. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 149, wherein the method further comprises updating by a phase encoding update module one or more phase encoding gradients based on the received pose data.
156. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 149, wherein the method further comprises updating by a read encoding gradient update module one or more read encoding gradients based on the received pose data.
157. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 149, wherein the method further comprises comparing by an error correction module the received pose data to final pose data and eliminating one or more residual errors based on the comparison, wherein the final pose data is available after the magnetic resonance scan.
158. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 157, wherein the one or more residual errors comprise errors in geometric orientation and signal phase.
159. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 149, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated to reverse a first gradient moment, wherein the first gradient moment is calculated from the received pose data according to: wherein R(t) is a rotation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
160. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 149, wherein the method further comprises correcting by a phase correction module errors in one or more phases.
161. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 160, wherein the phase correction module is configured to correct errors in the one or more phases based on:
0
wherein X(t) is a translation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
162. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 149, wherein the received pose data used to calculate the moment of the correction gradient is shifted in time to correct for one or more prediction errors related to the received pose data.
163. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 149, wherein the method is capable of correcting one or more errors due to movement of the subject occurring at greater than 10 mm per second.
164. A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium having a computer program stored thereon for causing a suitably programmed computer system to process by one or more computer processors computer-program code by performing a method to correct for intra-scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan when the computer program is executed on the suitably programmed computer system, the method comprising:
receiving by a motion tracking module pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems over a computer network during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and
calculating by an error correction module a gradient moment based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the calculated gradient moment, and wherein the one or more errors in the gradient moment are corrected during reconstruction,
wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
165. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 164, wherein the motion tracking module and the error correction module are connected to a magnetic resonance system via a computer network.
166. The computer- implemented method of Claim 164, wherein the method further comprises updating by a geometry update module one or more geometric parameters based on the received pose data to correct errors in the one or more geometric parameters due to movement of the subject.
167. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 164, wherein the method further comprises prospectively updating by a phase encoding update module one or more phase encoding gradients based on the received pose data.
168. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 164, wherein the method further comprises prospectively updating by a read encoding gradient update module one or more read encoding gradients based on the received pose data.
169. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 164, wherein the method further comprises calculating by a correction gradient calculation module a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, and wherein the correction gradient is to be applied to the subject to correct one or more initial errors in signal phase due to movement of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan.
170. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 169, wherein the correction gradient is applied in conjunction with another gradient.
171. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 169, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated to reverse a first gradient moment, wherein the first gradient moment is calculated from the received pose data according to:
T
M = R-1(t) - G(t) - dt
0 wherein R(t) is a rotation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
172. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 164, wherein the method further comprises correcting by a phase correction module errors in one or more phases.
173. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 172, wherein the phase correction module is configured to correct errors in the one or more phases based on:
0
wherein X(t) is a translation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
174. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 164, wherein the system is capable of correcting one or more errors due to movement of the subject occurring at greater than 10 mm per second.
175. A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium having a computer program stored thereon for causing a suitably programmed computer system to process by one or more computer processors computer-program code by performing a method to correct for intra-scan motion during a magnetic resonance scan when the computer program is executed on the suitably programmed computer system, the method comprising:
receiving by a motion tracking module pose data of a subject from one or more motion tracking systems over a computer network during a magnetic resonance scan of the subject; and
calculating by an error correction module a phase based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the phase, and wherein the one or more errors in the phase are corrected during reconstruction,
wherein the computer comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.
176. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 175, wherein the motion tracking module and the phase correction module are connected to a magnetic resonance system via a computer network.
177. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 175, wherein the method further comprises updating by a geometry update module one or more geometric parameters based on the received pose data to correct errors in the one or more geometric parameters due to movement of the subject.
178. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 175, wherein the method further comprises prospectively updating by a phase encoding update module one or more phase encoding gradients based on the received pose data.
179. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 175, wherein the method further comprises prospectively updating by a read encoding gradient update module one or more read encoding gradients based on the received pose data.
180. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 175, wherein the method further comprises calculating by a correction gradient calculation module a moment of a correction gradient to apply to the subject, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated based on the received pose data and a gradient sequence used for the magnetic resonance scan, and wherein the correction gradient is to be applied to the subject to correct one or more initial errors in magnetic gradient moment due to movement of the subject during the magnetic resonance scan.
181. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 180, wherein the correction gradient is applied in conjunction with another gradient.
182. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 180, wherein the moment of the correction gradient is calculated to reverse a first gradient moment, wherein the first gradient moment is calculated from the received pose data according to:
0
wherein R(t) is a rotation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
183. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 175, further comprising prospectively correcting by a phase correction module errors in one or more phases.
184. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 183, wherein the phase correction module is configured to correct one or more errors in the phase based on:
0
wherein X(t) is a translation matrix of the subject, G(t) is a time series of gradients, and T is acquisition time.
185. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 175, wherein the method further comprises calculating by the error correction module a gradient moment based on the received pose data and the gradient sequence, wherein the error correction module is further configured to correct one or more errors in the calculated gradient moment, and wherein the one or more errors in the gradient moment are corrected during reconstruction.
186. The computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium of Claim 175, wherein the method is capable of correcting one or more errors due to movement of the subject occurring at greater than 10 mm per second.
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