Reconstruction Algorithms for MRI. Berkin Bilgic 17 December 2012

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1 Reconstruction Algorithms for MRI Berkin Bilgic 17 December 2012

2 Outline Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 2

3 Outline Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Non-invasive imaging, great versatility structural imaging 3

4 Outline Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Non-invasive imaging, great versatility Patient with Glioma 1 T2-Weighted T1-Weighted T1-Weighted + Gadolinium diffusion imaging spectroscopic imaging 4 susceptibility mapping [1] Burnet et al. Radiotherapy & Oncology 07

5 Outline Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Non-invasive imaging, great versatility Inherently slow, protocol takes 30 min 5

6 Outline Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Non-invasive imaging, great versatility Inherently slow, protocol takes 30 min This limits the quality and resolution of the images 6

7 Outline Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Non-invasive imaging, great versatility Inherently slow, protocol takes 30 min This limits the quality and resolution of the images This thesis: use prior knowledge about MR signals to Reduce imaging time without sacrificing image quality Mitigate image artifacts and provide quantitative imaging 7

8 Contributions Joint reconstruction 8

9 Contributions Joint reconstruction Images with multiple contrasts are clinically routine 9

10 Contributions Joint reconstruction Images with multiple contrasts are clinically routine Exploit their similarity for accelerated imaging Using 4-times less data than conventional (4x speed up): SparseMRI 9.4 % error State of the art: Sparse MRI Lustig et al. MRM 07 Proton Density T2-Weighted T1-Weighted Difference to fully-sampled: 9.4% 10

11 Contributions Joint reconstruction Images with multiple contrasts are clinically routine Exploit their similarity for accelerated imaging Using 4-times less data than conventional (4x speed up): SparseMRI Proposed 9.4 % error 2.3 % error State of the art: Sparse MRI Lustig et al. MRM 07 Proposed: Joint Reconstruction Bilgic et al. MRM 11 Proton Density T2-Weighted T1-Weighted Difference to fully-sampled: 9.4% 11 Difference to fully-sampled: 2.3%

12 Contributions Joint reconstruction Diffusion Spectrum Imaging (DSI) DSI allows investigation of white matter connectivity of the brain But suffers from very long scan times (~50 min) 12

13 Contributions Joint reconstruction Diffusion Spectrum Imaging (DSI) DSI allows investigation of white matter connectivity of the brain But suffers from very long scan times (~50 min) 3-times less data than conventional 17 min Fully-sampled Proposed 50 min 17 min White matter fiber tracts Bilgic et al. MRM 12 Fully-sampled data: 50-min scan time 13 Proposed: 17-min scan time

14 Contributions Joint reconstruction Diffusion Spectrum Imaging (DSI) Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) QSM quantifies tissue iron concentration and vessel oxygenation Susceptibility cannot be observed directly, needs to be inferred from MR signal phase 14

15 Contributions Joint reconstruction Diffusion Spectrum Imaging (DSI) Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) QSM quantifies tissue iron concentration and vessel oxygenation Susceptibility cannot be observed directly, needs to be inferred from MR signal phase QSM reveals increased iron during aging in striatal and brain stem regions Young Group Elderly Group 15 Bilgic et al. NeuroImage 12

16 Contributions Joint reconstruction Diffusion Spectrum Imaging (DSI) Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) MR Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) In addition to spatial mapping, MRSI also provides encoding in resonance frequency 16

17 Contributions Joint reconstruction Diffusion Spectrum Imaging (DSI) Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) MR Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) In addition to spatial mapping, MRSI also provides encoding in resonance frequency At each voxel, this yields a 1-d spectrum of relative biochemical metabolite concentrations brain metabolites NAA Cre Cho ppm

18 Contributions Joint reconstruction Diffusion Spectrum Imaging (DSI) Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) MR Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) Due to limited spatial resolution, strong lipid signals outside the brain contaminate the metabolite spectra inside the brain Sum over Lipid Frequencies State of the art Proposed Lee et al. Bilgic et al. ISMRM 10 MRM 12 18

19 Contributions Joint reconstruction Diffusion Spectrum Imaging (DSI) Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) MR Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) Due to limited spatial resolution, strong lipid signals outside the brain contaminate the metabolite spectra inside the brain Sum over Lipid Frequencies State of the art Proposed Lee et al. Bilgic et al. ISMRM 10 MRM Structural image Black: proposed Blue: Lee et al.

20 Outline Problems that were addressed, why they are worth solving Contribution to the field 20

21 Outline Problems that were addressed, why they are worth solving Contribution to the field In particular, Joint reconstruction of similar images Accelerated Diffusion Spectrum Imaging Quantifying tissue iron concentration Lipid artifact suppression for Spectroscopic Imaging Postpone to closed session 21

22 Outline Problems that were addressed, why they are worth solving Contribution to the field In particular, Joint reconstruction of similar images Accelerated Diffusion Spectrum Imaging Quantifying tissue iron concentration Lipid artifact suppression for Spectroscopic Imaging Postpone to closed session 22

23 MRI Image Reconstruction IDFT Fourier space Image space In MRI, the data acquired are the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) samples of the object being imaged. Given sufficiently many samples (i.e. at Nyquist rate), taking the inverse DFT gives the spatial image. 23

24 MRI Image Reconstruction IDFT Fourier space Image space high resolution If we sample more of k-space, scan time increases For higher resolution images, we need to go further out in k-space => increased scan time 24

25 MRI Image Reconstruction For faster imaging, we can acquire less data (below Nyquist rate) but this incurs aliasing. DFT 25

26 MRI Image Reconstruction For faster imaging, we can acquire less data (below Nyquist rate) but this incurs aliasing. Undersample remove 60% of data aliasing 26 60% reduction in scan time

27 MRI Image Reconstruction For faster imaging, we can acquire less data (below Nyquist rate) but this incurs aliasing. IDFT aliasing RMSE = 11.7 % 27 Undersample remove 60% of data 60% reduction in scan time

28 Compressed Sensing (CS) reconstruction Reduce aliasing artifacts by imposing prior knowledge in reconstruction 1 CS prior: image is sparse under a transform IDFT CS RMSE = % 28 [1] Lustig et al. MRM 2007

29 Total Variation prior Total Variation (TV): Most popular transform for CS recon Prior: spatial gradient of the image is sparse Gradient

30 Total Variation prior Total Variation (TV): Most popular transform for CS recon Prior: spatial gradient of the image is sparse min img F Ω img data λ G img 1 undersampled DFT image k-space samples gradient operator Gradient

31 Total Variation prior Total Variation (TV): Most popular transform for CS recon Prior: spatial gradient of the image is sparse min img F Ω img data λ G img 1 undersampled DFT image k-space samples Total Variation Gradient

32 Multi-contrast data acquisition In clinical MRI, it is common to image the same region of interest under multiple contrast settings This aims to increase the diagnostic power of MRI as tissues exhibit different characteristics under different contrasts For instance, SRI24 atlas 1 contains such multi-contrast data, proton density 32 [1] Rohlfing et al. Hum Brain Map, 2010

33 Multi-contrast data acquisition In clinical MRI, it is common to image the same region of interest under multiple contrast settings This aims to increase the diagnostic power of MRI as tissues exhibit different characteristics under different contrasts For instance, SRI24 atlas 1 contains such multi-contrast data, T2 weighted 33 [1] Rohlfing et al. Hum Brain Map, 2010

34 Multi-contrast data acquisition In clinical MRI, it is common to image the same region of interest under multiple contrast settings This aims to increase the diagnostic power of MRI as tissues exhibit different characteristics under different contrasts For instance, SRI24 atlas 1 contains such multi-contrast data, T1 weighted 34 [1] Rohlfing et al. Hum Brain Map, 2010

35 Multi-contrast data acquisition In clinical MRI, it is common to image the same region of interest under multiple contrast settings This aims to increase the diagnostic power of MRI as tissues exhibit different characteristics under different contrasts For instance, SRI24 atlas 1 contains such multi-contrast data, T2 weighted proton T2 T1 weighted density proton density 35

36 Joint reconstruction with l 1 -l 2 regularization To couple multi-contrast signals, take the l 2 norm across the contrast dimension, then apply l 1 regularization to the combination, L i=1 F Ω x i y 2 N L 2 i 2 + λ (Ψx) 1/2 i,j j=1 i=1 data consistency for L images l 2 across contrasts in transform domain l 1 over combination Prior: few non-zero rows (Ψx) 1 (Ψx) L l 2 across contrasts 36

37 Joint reconstruction with l 1 -l 2 regularization To couple multi-contrast signals, take the l 2 norm across the contrast dimension, then apply l 1 regularization to the combination, L i=1 F Ω x i y 2 N L 2 i 2 + λ (Ψx) 1/2 i,j j=1 i=1 data consistency for L images l 2 across l 2 across contrasts contrasts in transform in transform domain domain l 1 over combination l 2 combo l 1 over combo 37

38 Joint reconstruction with l 1 -l 2 regularization To couple multi-contrast signals, take the l 2 norm across the contrast dimension, then apply l 1 regularization to the combination, L i=1 F Ω x i y 2 N L 2 i 2 + λ (Ψx) 1/2 i,j j=1 i=1 data consistency for L images l 2 across l 2 across contrasts contrasts in transform in transform domain domain l 11 over combination M-FOCUSS 1 is an iteratively reweighted l 2 regularization algorithm that solves this optimization problem 38 [1] Cotter et al. T Signal Proces, 2005

39 Joint reconstruction with Bayesian CS Alternative approach: model the transform coefficients across contrasts for a single voxel as random variables with common variance 39

40 Joint reconstruction with Bayesian CS Alternative approach: model the transform coefficients across contrasts for a single voxel as random variables with common variance The most likely variance at each voxel is estimated using Bayesian inference given the observed k-space data 40

41 Joint reconstruction with Bayesian CS Alternative approach: model the transform coefficients across contrasts for a single voxel as random variables with common variance The most likely variance at each voxel is estimated using Bayesian inference given the observed k-space data This model is more flexible than L1-L2 regularization, as there is no common sparsity support assumption across contrasts 41

42 BCS Theory: Observation model F Ω x = y F Ω : partial Fourier transform x: image to be estimated y: undersampled k-space data 42

43 Observation model sparse representation V F Ω x = V y V = (1 e 2πjω/n ) k-space representation of differencing: x i x i 1 43

44 Observation model sparse representation F Ω δ = y δ: image gradient to be estimated y: modified k-space data 44

45 Observation model sparse representation F Ω δ = y δ: image gradient to be estimated y: modified k-space data x δ V 45

46 Data likelihood Assuming that the k-space data are corrupted by complexvalued Gaussian noise with σ 2 variance, p y δ, σ 2 N(F Ω δ y, σ 2 ) Gaussian likelihood 46

47 Prior distribution on gradient coefficients Bayesian CS places hyperparameters γ on each pixel, p δ i γ i N(0, γ i ) Gaussian prior So that i th pixel is a zero-mean Gaussian with variance γ i 47

48 Prior distribution on gradient coefficients Bayesian CS places hyperparameters γ on each pixel, p δ i γ i N(0, γ i ) Gaussian prior So that i th pixel is a zero-mean Gaussian with variance γ i Multiplicative combination of all pixels give the full prior distribution, p δ γ N(0, γ i ) i 48

49 Posterior distribution for gradient coefficients Using the likelihood and the prior, we invoke Bayes Rule to arrive at the posterior, p δ y, γ p δ γ p y δ 49

50 Posterior distribution for gradient coefficients Using the likelihood and the prior, we invoke Bayes Rule to arrive at the posterior, p δ y, γ p δ γ p y δ Gaussian posterior Gaussian prior Gaussian likelihood 50

51 Posterior distribution for gradient coefficients Using the likelihood and the prior, we invoke Bayes Rule to arrive at the posterior, p δ y, γ p δ γ p y δ N(μ, Σ) μ = ΓF Ω H A 1 y Σ = Γ ΓF Ω H A 1 F Ω Γ 51

52 Posterior distribution for gradient coefficients Using the likelihood and the prior, we invoke Bayes Rule to arrive at the posterior, p δ y, γ p δ γ p y δ N(μ, Σ) μ = ΓF Ω H A 1 y Σ = Γ ΓF Ω H A 1 F Ω Γ Γ = diag(γ) A 1 = (σ 2 I + F Ω ΓF Ω H ) matrix inversion

53 Posterior distribution for gradient coefficients Using the likelihood and the prior, we invoke Bayes Rule to arrive at the posterior, p δ y, γ p δ γ p y δ N(μ, Σ) μ = ΓF Ω H A 1 y Σ = Γ ΓF Ω H A 1 F Ω Γ Γ = diag(γ) A 1 = (σ 2 I + F Ω ΓF Ω H ) 1 Inversion using Lanczos algorithm 1 53 [1] Seeger et al. MRM, 2010

54 EM algorithm for optimization Expectation-maximization algorithm 1 is used to estimate the hyperparameters and the posterior iteratively, Expectation step: μ = ΓF Ω H A 1 y Σ = Γ ΓF Ω H A 1 F Ω Γ Maximization step: γ i = μ i 2 1 Σ ii /γ i 54 [1] Wipf et al. IEEE Trans Signal Process, 2007

55 EM algorithm for optimization Expectation-maximization algorithm 1 is used to estimate the hyperparameters and the posterior iteratively, Expectation step: μ = ΓF Ω H A 1 y Σ = Γ ΓF Ω H A 1 F Ω Γ Maximization step: γ i = μ i 2 1 Σ ii /γ i 55 [1] Wipf et al. IEEE Trans Signal Process, 2007

56 EM algorithm for optimization Expectation-maximization algorithm 1 is used to estimate the hyperparameters and the posterior iteratively, Expectation step: μ = ΓF Ω H A 1 y Σ = Γ ΓF Ω H A 1 F Ω Γ Maximization step: γ i = μ i 2 1 Σ ii /γ i 56 [1] Wipf et al. IEEE Trans Signal Process, 2007

57 EM algorithm for optimization Expectation-maximization algorithm 1 is used to estimate the hyperparameters and the posterior iteratively, Expectation step: μ = ΓF Ω H A 1 y Σ = Γ ΓF Ω H A 1 F Ω Γ Maximization step: γ i = μ i 2 1 Σ ii /γ i for a single image 57 [1] Wipf et al. IEEE Trans Signal Process, 2007

58 EM algorithm for optimization Expectation-maximization algorithm 1 is used to estimate the hyperparameters and the posterior iteratively, Expectation step: μ = ΓF Ω H A 1 y Σ = Γ ΓF Ω H A 1 F Ω Γ Maximization step: γ i = μ 1,, μ L 2 L L Σ ii /γ i for L images jointly 58 [1] Wipf et al. IEEE Trans Signal Process, 2007

59 EM algorithm for optimization Expectation-maximization algorithm 1 is used to estimate the hyperparameters and the posterior iteratively, Expectation step: μ = ΓF Ω H A 1 y Σ = Γ ΓF Ω H A 1 F Ω Γ Maximization step: γ i = μ 1,, μ L 2 L L Σ ii /γ i All images are used to estimate the variance: Contrasts are coupled 59 [1] Wipf et al. IEEE Trans Signal Process, 2007

60 SRI24 Atlas k-space, 100 % of Nyquist rate Inverse FFT Error: 0 % RMSE

61 SparseMRI 9.4 % k-space, 25 % of Nyquist rate SparseMRI 1 Error: 9.4 % RMSE [1] Lustig et al. MRM

62 SparseMRI 9.4 % M-FOCUSS 3.2 % k-space, 25 % of Nyquist rate M-FOCUSS Error: 3.2 % RMSE

63 SparseMRI 9.4 % M-FOCUSS 3.2 % Joint Bayes 2.3 % k-space, 25 % of Nyquist rate Joint BCS Error: 2.3 % RMSE

64 TSE Scans : in vivo acquisition k-space 100 % of Nyquist rate Inverse FFT 0.6 Error: 0 % RMSE 64 0

65 SparseMRI 9.4 % k-space, 40 % of Nyquist rate SparseMRI Error: 9.4 % RMSE 65 [1] Lustig et al. MRM

66 SparseMRI 9.4 % M-FOCUSS 5.1 % k-space, 40 % of Nyquist rate M-FOCUSS Error: 5.1 % RMSE 66 0

67 SparseMRI 9.4 % M-FOCUSS 5.1 % Joint Bayes 3.6 % k-space, 40 % of Nyquist rate Joint BCS Error: 3.6 % RMSE 67 0

68 Joint Reconstruction Conclusion Demonstrated improved reconstruction quality for multicontrast imaging by exploiting similarity across contrasts Proposed to use two methods for joint reconstruction: M-FOCUSS: l 1 -l 2 regularization Bayesian CS: common variance 68

69 Joint Reconstruction Conclusion method speed quality SparseMRI 1 1 by 1 ~ minutes good M-FOCUSS joint ~ minutes better Bayesian CS joint ~ hours best 69 [1] Lustig et al. MRM 2007

70 Future Directions in Joint Reconstruction Bayesian CS computation speed Current implementation: several hours / slice Bottleneck: matrix inversion for covariance estimation Initial results with sparse matrix inversion: several minutes 1 70 [1] Cauley et al. ISMRM 2013 submitted

71 Future Directions in Joint Reconstruction Bayesian CS computation speed Initial results with sparse matrix inversion: several minutes Extension to Parallel Imaging Information from multiple receivers facilitate reconstruction from undersampled data 8-receivers each receiver has different spatial sensitivity 71

72 Future Directions in Joint Reconstruction Bayesian CS computation speed Initial results with sparse matrix inversion: several minutes Extension to Parallel Imaging Information from multiple receivers facilitate reconstruction from undersampled data Matrix inversion becomes ~ , ongoing research 72

73 Future Directions in Joint Reconstruction Bayesian CS computation speed Initial results with sparse matrix inversion: several minutes Extension to Parallel Imaging Information from multiple receivers facilitate reconstruction from undersampled data Matrix inversion becomes ~ , ongoing research Multi-modal Imaging Extend joint reconstruction to PET / MRI 1 etc. + = 73 PET MRI PET + MRI [1] Siemens Biograph mmr

74 Outline Problems that were addressed, why they are worth solving Contribution to the field In particular, Joint reconstruction of similar images Accelerated Diffusion Spectrum Imaging Quantifying tissue iron concentration Lipid artifact suppression for Spectroscopic Imaging Postpone to closed session 74

75 Diffusion imaging excite diffusion encoding receive time RF pulses Gradient RF signal Dephasing Rephasing Spins are in phase m xy1 m xy2 m xy1 y x m xy1 Spins are in phase m xy1 m xy2 Signal m xy2 m xy2 y x y x y x y x 75

76 Diffusion imaging moving water molucules excite diffusion encoding receive time RF pulses Gradient RF signal Spins are in phase Dephasing Rephasing Protons move Spins are not in phase Signal is decreased 7 6

77 Direction of diffusion RF signal RF pulses t X gradient Y gradient Z gradient Weight the diffusion in the desired direction of space using magnetic gradients in 3-D 77

78 Diffusion imaging RF signal G G RF signal G G q-space RF signal G G 78

79 Diffusion imaging RF signal G G RF signal DW data G G RF signal G G Non- DW data RF signal Image intensity attenuation is dependent on water diffusion in each direction 79

80 Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) Model the water diffusion as Gaussian: Isotropic tissue DTI estimation Fibrous tissue 80

81 Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) Model the water diffusion as Gaussian: Isotropic tissue DTI estimation Fibrous tissue Tensor representation: prob(move to r in time Δ) exp rt D 1 r 4Δ r ~ 10 μm << 1 mm (voxel size) D = D xx D xy D xz D xy D yy D yz D xz D yz D zz 81

82 Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) Model the water diffusion as Gaussian: Isotropic tissue DTI estimation Fibrous tissue Tensor representation: prob(r, Δ) exp rt D 1 r 4Δ r ~ 10 μm δ G Δ MR signal detected: S g = S(0) exp( b g T Dg) 82 b G 2 δ 2 (Δ δ/3) g: unit vector along g

83 Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) Model the water diffusion as Gaussian: Isotropic tissue DTI estimation Fibrous tissue Tensor estimation: S g = S(0) exp( b g T Dg) g T Dg = 1 b ln S(0) S g D = D xx D xy D xz D xy D yy D yz D xz D yz D zz 6 unknowns 83

84 Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) Model the water diffusion as Gaussian: Isotropic tissue DTI estimation Fibrous tissue Tensor estimation: S g = S(0) exp( b g T Dg) g T Dg = 1 b ln S(0) S g D = D xx D xy D xz D xy D yy D yz D xz D yz D zz 6 unknowns At least 6 DWI + 1 non-dwi acquisitions are needed for DTI 84

85 Tensor visualization CSF: isotropic White matter: anisotropic 85

86 Fiber tracking 1. Define seed points 2. Launch the tracking Connect similar directions Variety of software is available 86

87 Fiber Tractography Tensors 87 Tracts

88 Diffusion Spectrum Imaging (DSI) Unlike tensor modeling, DSI offers a complete description of water diffusion And reveals complex distributions of fiber orientations DSI requires full sampling of q-space (DTI needs 7 points) 88

89 Diffusion Spectrum Imaging (DSI) Unlike tensor modeling, DSI offers a complete description of water diffusion And reveals complex distributions of fiber orientations DSI requires full sampling of q-space (DTI needs 7 points) Q-space of a single voxel 515 directions Probability Density Function (pdf) of a single voxel DFT z Sampling full q-space takes ~1 hour x y 89

90 Undersampled DSI To reduce scan time, undersample q-space Use sparsity prior to reconstruct the pdfs [1] min p F Ω p q α Ψp 1 + β TV(p) undersampled DFT Undersampled q-space of a single voxel pdf q-samples wavelet total variation Probability Density Function (pdf) of a single voxel CS z x y Menzel MI et al MRM 2011

91 K-SVD algorithm for DSI Is pdf sparse in TV and wavelet? Use a transform tailored for sparse representation of pdfs Step1: Create dictionary from a training pdf dataset [P] min P,D x i 0 subject to P DX F 2 ε i K-SVD[1] iterative algorithm was used to obtain [D] i. fix D and solve for sparse X using OMP Step2: Use ii. update dictionary D and to impose X using sparsity SVD based constraint technique min x 1 such that F Ω Dx = q FOCUSS[2] was used to provide parameter free recon 1. Aharon M, et al IEEE Trans Signal Processing Gorodnitsky IF, et al IEEE Trans Signal processing 1997

92 Methods 3 healthy volunteers, 3T Siemens Skyra 92

93 Methods 3 healthy volunteers, 3T Siemens Skyra Connectom gradients, 64-chan head coil [1] Gmax = 300 mt / m Conventional = 45 mt / m δ G Δ b G 2 δ 2 (Δ δ/3) MAGNETOM Skyra CONNECTOM system (Siemens Healthcare) Keil B, et al MRM 2012

94 Methods 3 healthy volunteers, 3T Siemens Skyra Connectom gradients, 64-chan head coil [1] Gmax = 300 mt / m Conventional = 45 mt / m δ G Δ b G 2 δ 2 (Δ δ/3) At fixed b, larger G shorter δ Keil B, et al MRM 2012

95 Methods 3 healthy volunteers, 3T Siemens Skyra Connectom gradients, 64-chan head coil [1] Gmax = 300 mt / m Conventional = 45 mt / m δ G Δ b G 2 δ 2 (Δ δ/3) At fixed b, larger G shorter δ Shorter echo time, higher signal Keil B, et al MRM 2012

96 Methods 3 healthy volunteers, 3T Siemens Skyra Connectom gradients, 64-chan head coil [1] 2.3 mm isotropic, bmax = 8000 s/mm Keil B, et al MRM 2012

97 Methods 3 healthy volunteers, 3T Siemens Skyra Connectom gradients, 64-chan head coil [1] 2.3 mm isotropic, bmax = 8000 s/mm q-space points, 50 min scan time Number of voxels = Keil B, et al MRM 2012

98 Methods 3 healthy volunteers, 3T Siemens Skyra Connectom gradients, 64-chan head coil [1] 2.3 mm isotropic, bmax = 8000 s/mm q-space points, 50 min scan time Number of voxels = One dictionary trained with data from each subject = pdf grid size = 1728 rows 3172 columns Keil B, et al MRM 2012

99 Methods 3 healthy volunteers, 3T Siemens Skyra Connectom gradients, 64-chan head coil 2.3 mm isotropic, bmax = 8000 s/mm q-space points, 50 min scan time Number of voxels = One dictionary trained with data from each subject particular columns 99

100 Methods 3 healthy volunteers, 3T Siemens Skyra Connectom gradients, 64-chan head coil [1] 2.3 mm isotropic, bmax = 8000 s/mm q-space points, 50 min scan time Number of voxels = One dictionary trained with data from each subject Recon experiments at accelerations R = 3, 5 and Keil B, et al MRM 2012

101 Methods 3 healthy volunteers, 3T Siemens Skyra Connectom gradients, 64-chan head coil [1] 2.3 mm isotropic, bmax = 8000 s/mm q-space points, 50 min scan time Number of voxels = One dictionary trained with data from each subject Recon experiments at accelerations R = 3, 5 and 9 Comparison of methods: i. Wavelet + TV (Menzel et al [2]) ii. L1-FOCUSS (apply L1 penalty on pdfs) iii. Dictionary-FOCUSS (proposed) Keil B, et al MRM Menzel MI et al MRM 2011

102 Methods 3 healthy volunteers, 3T Siemens Skyra Connectom gradients, 64-chan head coil [1] 2.3 mm isotropic, bmax = 8000 s/mm q-space points, 50 min scan time Number of voxels = average collected at 5 q-space points Low-noise data, serve as ground truth Keil B, et al MRM Menzel MI et al MRM 2011

103 Methods 3 healthy volunteers, 3T Siemens Skyra Connectom gradients, 64-chan head coil [1] 2.3 mm isotropic, bmax = 8000 s/mm q-space points, 50 min scan time Number of voxels = average collected at 5 q-space points Low-noise data, serve as ground truth Tractography comparison: Fully-sampled vs. R = 3 Dictionary-FOCUSS Fractional Anisotropy compared for 18 major fiber bundles Keil B, et al MRM Menzel MI et al MRM 2011

104 Subject A, pdf reconstruction error Slice 40 Wavelet+TV l 1 -FOCUSS 20% Acceleration R = 3 0% 15.8% RMSE 15.0% RMSE R=3 l 1 R=3 15.8% error 15.0% error 104

105 Subject A, pdf reconstruction error Slice 40 Dictionary-FOCUSS 20% Wavelet+TV l 1 -FOCUSS Trained on subject A Trained on subject B Trained on subject C 20% Acceleration R = 3 0% 15.8% RMSE 15.0% RMSE 7.8% RMSE 7.8% RMSE 8.2% RMSE 0% R=3 l 1 R=3 R=3 15.8% error 15.0% error 7.8% error 105

106 Subject A, pdf reconstruction error Slice 40 Dictionary-FOCUSS 20% Wavelet+TV l 1 -FOCUSS Trained on subject A Trained on subject B Trained on subject C 20% Acceleration R = 3 0% 15.8% RMSE 15.0% RMSE 7.8% RMSE 7.8% RMSE 8.2% RMSE 0% 20% Acceleration R = 5 R=3 15.8% error 8.9% RMSE 8.9% RMSE 9.3% RMSE 0% l 1 R=3 15.0% error R=3 7.8% error R=5 8.9% error 106

107 Subject A, pdf reconstruction error Slice 40 Dictionary-FOCUSS 20% Wavelet+TV l 1 -FOCUSS Trained on subject A Trained on subject B Trained on subject C 20% Acceleration R = 3 0% 15.8% RMSE 15.0% RMSE 7.8% RMSE 7.8% RMSE 8.2% RMSE 0% 20% R=3 l 1 R=3 R=3 R=5 R=9 15.8% error 15.0% error 7.8% error 8.9% error 10.0% error Acceleration R = 5 Acceleration R = % RMSE 8.9% RMSE 9.3% RMSE 10.0% RMSE 10.0% RMSE 10.4% RMSE 0% 20% 0%

108 Subject A, pdf reconstruction error Slice 40 Dictionary-FOCUSS 20% Wavelet+TV l 1 -FOCUSS Trained on subject A Trained on subject B Trained on subject C 10% Acceleration R = 3 0% 15.8% RMSE 15.0% RMSE 7.8% RMSE 7.8% RMSE 8.2% RMSE 0% 12% R=3 l 1 R=3 R=3 R=5 R=9 15.8% error 15.0% error 7.8% error 8.9% error 10.0% error Acceleration R = 5 Acceleration R = % RMSE 8.9% RMSE 9.3% RMSE 10.0% RMSE 10.0% RMSE 10.4% RMSE 0% 13% 0%

109 ` % RMSE in q-space Missing q-space directions q=[5,0,0] increasing q q-space reconstructions at q=[5,0,0] Wavelet+TV l 1 -FOCUSS Dict-FOCUSS Fully-sampled 1 average 109

110 ` % RMSE in q-space Missing q-space directions q=[5,0,0] increasing q q-space reconstructions at q=[5,0,0] Wavelet+TV l 1 -FOCUSS Dict-FOCUSS Fully-sampled 10 average 110

111 ` % RMSE in q-space Missing q-space directions q=[5,0,0] increasing q q-space reconstructions at q=[5,0,0] Wavelet+TV l 1 -FOCUSS Dict-FOCUSS Fully-sampled poor performance same l 2 norm as 10 average good performance 10 average 111

112 SNR drops substantially at the outer q-space RMSE computed relative to 1 average fully-sampled data includes noise and recon error To isolate recon error, collected 10 avg on 5 q-space points 112

113 SNR drops substantially at the outer q-space RMSE computed relative to 1 average fully-sampled data includes noise and recon error 1 avg fully-sampled 10 avg fully-sampled q = [5,0,0] 113

114 SNR drops substantially at the outer q-space RMSE computed relative to 1 average fully-sampled data includes noise and recon error Lower RMSE than acquired data Denoising effect [1] Patel V, et al ISBI 2011, p1805

115 Tractography solutions for subject A SLFP CST FMAJ ATR CCG FMIN Fully-sampled data Dictionary-FOCUSS recon with 3-fold acceleration 115

116 Tractography solutions for subject A Average FA CST FMAJ SLFP CCG ATR FMIN Fully-sampled data Dictionary-FOCUSS recon with 3-fold acceleration Average Fractional Anisotropy for 18 labeled white-matter pathways [1] R=1 R= Yendiki A et al Front Neuroinform 2011

117 Tractography solutions for subject A Average FA CST SLFP CCG ATR FMAJ FMIN Fully-sampled data Dictionary-FOCUSS recon with 3-fold acceleration Mean FA error = 3% R=1 R= Yendiki A et al Front Neuroinform 2011

118 Concluding Remarks Up to 2-times RMSE reduction in pdf domain Dictionary-FOCUSS (proposed) vs. Wavelet+TV [1] Menzel MI et al MRM 2011

119 Concluding Remarks Up to 2-times RMSE reduction in pdf domain Dictionary-FOCUSS (proposed) vs. Wavelet+TV [1] 3-fold accelerated Dict-FOCUSS Fully-sampled data Low-noise 10 average data validation Tractography comparison Menzel MI et al MRM 2011

120 Concluding Remarks Up to 2-times RMSE reduction in pdf domain Dictionary-FOCUSS (proposed) vs. Wavelet+TV [1] 3-fold accelerated Dict-FOCUSS Fully-sampled data Dictionary from single slice seems to generalizes to other slices and to other subjects Menzel MI et al MRM 2011

121 Concluding Remarks Voxel-by-voxel recon Dictionary-FOCUSS: 12 sec / voxel Wavelet+TV: 27 sec / voxel in Matlab 121

122 Concluding Remarks Voxel-by-voxel recon Dictionary-FOCUSS: 12 sec / voxel Wavelet+TV: 27 sec / voxel in Matlab Full-brain processing for 10 5 voxels: DAYS of computation Addressed next 122

123 Concluding Remarks Voxel-by-voxel recon Dictionary-FOCUSS: 12 sec / voxel Wavelet+TV: 27 sec / voxel in Matlab Full-brain processing for 10 5 voxels: DAYS of computation Do dictionaries generalize across healthy vs. patient populations? across different age groups? 123

124 Fast DSI Reconstruction Two proposals that are computationally 1000-fold faster with image quality similar to Dictionary-FOCUSS: 124

125 Fast DSI Reconstruction Two proposals that are computationally 1000-fold faster with image quality similar to Dictionary-FOCUSS: i. PINV: Uses a dictionary trained with K-SVD Rather than l 1, applies l 2 regularization to dictionary coefficients Admits closed-form solution (Regularized Pseudoinverse (PINV)) 125

126 Fast DSI Reconstruction Two proposals that are computationally 1000-fold faster with image quality similar to Dictionary-FOCUSS: i. PINV: Uses a dictionary trained with K-SVD Rather than l 1, applies l 2 regularization to dictionary coefficients Admits closed-form solution (Regularized Pseudoinverse (PINV)) ii. PCA: Obtain a low-dimensional representation using training data Retain maximum variance using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) Admits closed-form solution, no need for K-SVD 126

127 PINV: l 2 regularization Dictionary-FOCUSS iteratively solves min x 1 such that F Ω Dx = q 127

128 PINV: l 2 regularization Dictionary-FOCUSS iteratively solves min x 1 such that F Ω Dx = q Instead, consider min F Ω Dx q λ x

129 PINV: l 2 regularization Dictionary-FOCUSS iteratively solves min x 1 such that F Ω Dx = q Instead, consider min F Ω Dx q λ x 2 2 Solution: x = ((F Ω D) H F Ω D + λi) 1 (F Ω D) H q 129

130 PINV: l 2 regularization Dictionary-FOCUSS iteratively solves min x 1 such that F Ω Dx = q Instead, consider min F Ω Dx q λ x 2 2 Solution: x = ((F Ω D) H F Ω D + λi) 1 (F Ω D) H q Singular Value Decomposition: F Ω D = UΣV H 130

131 PINV: l 2 regularization Dictionary-FOCUSS iteratively solves min x 1 such that F Ω Dx = q Instead, consider min F Ω Dx q λ x 2 2 Solution: x = ((F Ω D) H F Ω D + λi) 1 (F Ω D) H q Singular Value Decomposition: F Ω D = UΣV H x = VΣ + U H q Σ + = (Σ H Σ + λi) 1 Σ H compute once 131

132 PCA Reconstruction PCA: approximates data points using a linear combo of them to retain the maximum variance in the dataset 132

133 PCA Reconstruction PCA: approximates data points using a linear combo of them to retain the maximum variance in the dataset Start with a training set of pdfs P Subtract the mean, diagonalize the covariance matrix: Z = P p mean ZZ H = QΛQ H 133

134 PCA Reconstruction PCA: approximates data points using a linear combo of them to retain the maximum variance in the dataset Start with a training set of pdfs P Subtract the mean, diagonalize the covariance matrix: Z = P p mean ZZ H = QΛQ H Pick the first T columns of Q corresponding to largest eigvals: Q T pca = Q H T (p p mean ) T - dimensional pca coefficients 134

135 PCA Reconstruction PCA: approximates data points using a linear combo of them to retain the maximum variance in the dataset Start with a training set of pdfs P Subtract the mean, diagonalize the covariance matrix: Z = P p mean ZZ H = QΛQ H Pick the first T columns of Q corresponding to largest eigvals: Q T pca = Q H T (p p mean ) The location of pca in the pdf space, p T = Q T pca + p mean 135

136 PCA Reconstruction PCA: approximates data points using a linear combo of them to retain the maximum variance in the dataset Least-squares approximation in T - dimensions, min F Ω p T q

137 PCA Reconstruction PCA: approximates data points using a linear combo of them to retain the maximum variance in the dataset Least-squares approximation in T - dimensions, In PCA coordinates, min F Ω p T q 2 2 min pca F Ω Q T pca (q F Ω p mean )

138 PCA Reconstruction PCA: approximates data points using a linear combo of them to retain the maximum variance in the dataset Least-squares approximation in T - dimensions, In PCA coordinates, min F Ω p T q 2 2 min pca F Ω Q T pca (q F Ω p mean ) 2 2 Closed-form solution: pca = pinv(f Ω Q T )(q F Ω p mean ) compute once 138

139 Selection of regularization parameters PINV: selection of λ min F Ω Dx q λ x

140 Selection of regularization parameters PINV: selection of λ min F Ω Dx q λ x 2 2 PCA: selection of PCA dimension T in Q T min pca F Ω Q T pca (q F Ω p mean )

141 Selection of regularization parameters PINV: selection of λ min F Ω Dx q λ x 2 2 PCA: selection of PCA dimension T in Q T min pca F Ω Q T pca (q F Ω p mean ) 2 2 Fully-sampled pdf training dataset P was used to generate the dictionary D and the eigenvectors Q Find λ and T that yields the lowest reconstruction error on P 141

142 Subject A, pdf reconstruction error Slice 40 Wavelet+TV l 1 -FOCUSS Dict-FOCUSS PINV PCA 20% 20% Acceleration R = 3 0% 15.8% RMSE 15.0% RMSE 7.8% RMSE 8.1% RMSE 8.7% RMSE 0% 1190 min 26 min Recon Time 530 min 0.6 min 0.4 min 142

143 Subject A, pdf reconstruction error Slice 40 Wavelet+TV l 1 -FOCUSS Dict-FOCUSS PINV PCA 20% 20% Acceleration R = 3 0% 15.8% RMSE 15.0% RMSE 7.8% RMSE 8.1% RMSE 8.7% RMSE 0% 1190 min 26 min Recon Time 530 min 0.6 min 0.4 min 20% Acceleration R = 5 8.9% RMSE 8.9% RMSE 9.6% RMSE 0% 143

144 Subject A, pdf reconstruction error Slice 40 Wavelet+TV l 1 -FOCUSS Dict-FOCUSS PINV PCA 20% 20% Acceleration R = 3 0% 15.8% RMSE 15.0% RMSE 7.8% RMSE 8.1% RMSE 8.7% RMSE 0% 1190 min 26 min Recon Time 530 min 0.6 min 0.4 min 20% Acceleration R = 5 8.9% RMSE 8.9% RMSE 9.6% RMSE 0% 20% Acceleration R = % RMSE 10.2% RMSE 11.2% RMSE 0%

145 Avg % RMSE in PDFs Subject A, recon error across slices Slice no Slice 17 Slice 26 Slice 35 Slice 44 Dictionary- FOCUSS 20 % PINV 0 % PCA 145

146 Comparison to Low-Noise 10 avg Data 146

147 Comparison to Low-Noise 10 avg Data magnified All dictionary recons have lower RMSE than acquired data 147

148 Outline Problems that were addressed, why they are worth solving Contribution to the field In particular, Joint reconstruction of similar images Accelerated Diffusion Spectrum Imaging Quantifying tissue iron concentration Lipid artifact suppression for Spectroscopic Imaging Postpone to closed session 148

149 Susceptibility of Tissue Susceptibility χ : degree of magnetization of a material when placed in a magnetic field 149

150 Susceptibility of Tissue Susceptibility χ : degree of magnetization of a material when placed in a magnetic field χ water = 9 ppm χ iron >> 0 χ = 0 χ magnetic moment Diamagnetic χ < 0 Paramagnetic χ > 0 B 0 150

151 Susceptibility of Tissue Susceptibility χ : degree of magnetization of a material when placed in a magnetic field χ water = 9 ppm χ iron >> 0 χ = 0 χ Susceptibility of brain tissue is 9 ppm Tissues with increased iron deposition are relatively paramagnetic χ is more positive Halgren & Sourander, J. Neurochem, 1960

152 Susceptibility of Tissue Susceptibility χ : degree of magnetization of a material when placed in a magnetic field χ water = 9 ppm χ iron >> 0 χ = 0 χ Susceptibility of brain tissue is 9 ppm Tissues with increased iron deposition are relatively paramagnetic χ is more positive Excessive iron concentration occurs in a variety of degenerative diseases 1, e.g. Alzheimer s, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson s Halgren & Sourander, J. Neurochem, 1960

153 Susceptibility of Tissue Susceptibility χ : degree of magnetization of a material when placed in a magnetic field χ water = 9 ppm χ iron >> 0 χ = 0 χ Variations in tissue susceptibility affects the magnetic field χ magnetic field perturbation 153

154 Susceptibility of Tissue Susceptibility χ : degree of magnetization of a material when placed in a magnetic field χ water = 9 ppm χ iron >> 0 χ = 0 χ Variations in tissue susceptibility affects the magnetic field Field perturbation causes a change in MR signal phase χ magnetic field perturbation φ estimate measured 154

155 Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) aims to quantify tissue magnetic susceptibility with applications such as, Tissue contrast enhancement 1 Estimation of venous blood oxygenation 2 Quantification of tissue iron concentration 3 1 Duyn JH et al., PNAS Fan AP et al., ISMRM Liu T et al., ISMRM 2010

156 Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) aims to quantify tissue magnetic susceptibility with applications such as, Tissue contrast enhancement 1 Estimation of venous blood oxygenation 2 Quantification of tissue iron concentration 3 Estimation of the susceptibility map χ from the unwrapped phase φ involves solving an inverse problem, δ = F 1 DFχ F: Discrete Fourier Transform D: susceptibility kernel φ δ = : normalized field map γ TE B 0 1 Duyn JH et al., PNAS Fan AP et al., ISMRM Liu T et al., ISMRM 2010

157 Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) aims to quantify tissue magnetic susceptibility with applications such as, Tissue contrast enhancement 1 Estimation of venous blood oxygenation 2 Quantification of tissue iron concentration 3 Estimation of the susceptibility map χ from the unwrapped phase φ involves solving an inverse problem, δ = F 1 DFχ measured to be estimated 1 Duyn JH et al., PNAS Fan AP et al., ISMRM Liu T et al., ISMRM 2010

158 Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) aims to quantify tissue magnetic susceptibility with applications such as, Tissue contrast enhancement 1 Estimation of venous blood oxygenation 2 Quantification of tissue iron concentration 3 Estimation of the susceptibility map χ from the unwrapped phase φ involves solving an inverse problem, δ = F 1 DFχ The inversion is made difficult by zeros on a conical surface in susceptibility kernel D D = 1 3 k z 2 k 2 D 1 Duyn JH et al., PNAS Fan AP et al., ISMRM Liu T et al., ISMRM 2010

159 Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) aims to quantify tissue magnetic susceptibility with applications such as, Tissue contrast enhancement 1 Estimation of venous blood oxygenation 2 Quantification of tissue iron concentration 3 Estimation of the susceptibility map χ from the unwrapped phase φ involves solving an inverse problem, δ = F 1 DFχ Undersampling is due to physics D Not in our control 1 Duyn JH et al., PNAS Fan AP et al., ISMRM Liu T et al., ISMRM 2010

160 Regularized Inversion for QSM D 160

161 Regularized Inversion for QSM D log D -1 δ = F 1 DFχ Solving for χ by convolving with the inverse of D is not possible, as it diverges along the magic angle 161

162 Regularized Inversion for QSM D log D -1 δ = F 1 DFχ diverges to Solving for χ by convolving with the inverse of D is not possible, as it diverges along the magic angle Use inverse problem formulation, apply regularization 162

163 Phase Processing Several processing steps are required to obtain the tissue phase 163

164 Phase Processing Several processing steps are required to obtain the tissue phase i. Mask out the skull Using FSL Brain Extraction Tool Smith SM, Hum. Brain Mapp. 2002

165 Phase Processing Several processing steps are required to obtain the tissue phase i. Mask out the skull ii. Unwrap the phase Using FSL PRELUDE Jenkinson M, MRM 2003

166 Phase Processing Several processing steps are required to obtain the tissue phase i. Mask out the skull ii. Unwrap the phase iii. Remove background phase Phase accrued due to air-tissue interfaces needs to be removed This background component is ~10 larger than tissue phase 166

167 Phase Processing Several processing steps are required to obtain the tissue phase i. Mask out the skull ii. Unwrap the phase iii. Remove background phase Phase accrued due to air-tissue interfaces needs to be removed This background component is ~10 larger than tissue phase initial phase background phase ppm 0.8 ppm -0.8 ppm 0.8 ppm 1 Liu T, NMR in Biomedicine 2011

168 Phase Processing Several processing steps are required to obtain the tissue phase i. Mask out the skull ii. Unwrap the phase iii. Remove background phase Phase accrued due to air-tissue interfaces needs to be removed This background component is ~10 larger than tissue phase initial phase background phase tissue phase δ = -0.8 ppm 0.8 ppm ppm 0.8 ppm -0.1 ppm 0.1 ppm

169 Phase Processing Several processing steps are required to obtain the tissue phase i. Mask out the skull ii. Unwrap the phase iii. Remove background phase Phase accrued due to air-tissue interfaces needs to be removed This background component is ~10 larger than tissue phase Now we can solve for χ from tissue phase δ tissue phase δ δ = F 1 DFχ ppm 0.1 ppm

170 L1 Regularized Susceptibility Inversion We seek the susceptibility map that matches the observed tissue phase, Find χ such that δ = F 1 DFχ Susceptibility values are tied to the magnetic properties of the underlying tissues; hence they vary smoothly within anatomical boundaries. 170

171 L1 Regularized Susceptibility Inversion We seek the susceptibility map that matches the observed tissue phase, Find χ such that δ = F 1 DFχ Susceptibility values are tied to the magnetic properties of the underlying tissues; hence they vary smoothly within anatomical boundaries. Model the susceptibility map to be approximately piece-wise constant, Invoke sparsity inducing L1 norm on spatial gradients of χ 171

172 L1 Regularized Susceptibility Inversion We solve for the susceptibility distribution with a convex program, χ tissue = argmin χ δ F 1 DFχ λ Gχ 1 data consistency l 1 over gradients 172

173 L1 Regularized Susceptibility Inversion We solve for the susceptibility distribution with a convex program, χ tissue = argmin χ δ F 1 DFχ λ Gχ 1 data consistency l 1 over gradients Here, λ serves as a regularization parameter that adjusts the smoothness of the solution 173

174 Tissue iron deposition in young and elderly subjects We used QSM to test the hypothesis that, iron deposition in striatal and brain stem nuclei is greater in older than younger adults Subjects: 11 younger adults (age = 24.0 ± 2.5) and 12 elderly adults (age = 74.4 ± 7.6) Data: Susceptibility Weighted 3D SPGR at 1.5 T 174

175 Average QSM for the Young Average QSM for the Elderly 0.1 ppm 0.25 ppm 0.1 ppm 0.25 ppm 175

176 Average QSM for the Young Average QSM for the Elderly 0.1 ppm 0.25 ppm 0.1 ppm 0.25 ppm Striatal ROIs Brain Stem ROIs 176

177 Average QSM for the Young Average QSM for the Elderly 0.1 ppm 0.25 ppm 0.1 ppm 0.25 ppm Striatal ROIs Brain Stem ROIs * * * * Elderly >> Young Iron Deposition Putamen p= Globus Pallidus p=0.001 Striatal Red Nucleus p=0.002 Substantia Nigra p=0.003 Brain Stem 177

178 QSM vs. Postmortem QSM results correlate well with published postmortem results 1, with Rho = 0.881, p = Hallgren, B. and Sourander, P. 1958, Journal of Neurochem

179 QSM vs. FDRI Field-Dependent Relaxation Rate Increase (FDRI) 1 is another iron quantification method that requires data acquisition at two different field strengths. QSM is strongly correlated with FDRI results, with Rho = 0.976, p = Bartzokis, G. et al., 1993, Magn Res Med

180 QSM vs. FDRI QSM requires data acquisition at a single field strength, and has much higher spatial resolution, enabling iron quantification in vessels. Young Group Elderly Group (a) FDRI 0 s 1 /T s 1 /T 0 s 1 /T s 1 /T (b) QSM 0.1 ppm 0.25 ppm 0.1 ppm 0.25 ppm 180

181 Conclusion Proposed algorithms that Provide faster data acquisition in structural imaging and Diffusion Spectrum Imaging Allow quantitative mapping of tissue susceptibility Suppress lipid artifacts in MR spectroscopic imaging 181

182 Conclusion Proposed algorithms that Provide faster data acquisition in structural imaging and Diffusion Spectrum Imaging Allow quantitative mapping of tissue susceptibility Suppress lipid artifacts in MR spectroscopic imaging Thank you all for coming! 182

183 Publications

184 Joint Reconstruction Journal: Multi-contrast Reconstruction with Bayesian Compressed Sensing B. Bilgic, V.K. Goyal, E. Adalsteinsson Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2011 Conference Abstract: Joint Bayesian Compressed Sensing for Multi-contrast Reconstruction B. Bilgic, V.K. Goyal, E. Adalsteinsson ISMRM 2011, oral presentation Joint Bayesian Compressed Sensing with Prior Estimate B. Bilgic, E. Adalsteinsson ISMRM 2012, oral presentation 184

185 DSI Journal: Accelerated Diffusion Spectrum Imaging with Compressed Sensing using Adaptive Dictionaries B. Bilgic, K. Setsompop, J. Cohen-Adad, A. Yendiki, L.L. Wald, E. Adalsteinsson Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2012 Accelerated Diffusion Spectrum Imaging with Compressed Sensing using Adaptive Dictionaries B. Bilgic, I. Chatnuntawech, K. Setsompop, S.F. Cauley, L.L. Wald, E. Adalsteinsson IEEE Trans on Medical Imaging, submitted Conference Paper: Accelerated Diffusion Spectrum Imaging with Compressed Sensing using Adaptive Dictionaries B. Bilgic, K. Setsompop, J. Cohen-Adad, V. Wedeen, L. Wald, E. Adalsteinsson MICCAI 2012, oral presentation Conference Abstract: Fast DSI Reconstruction with Trained Dictionaries B. Bilgic, I. Chatnuntawech, K. Setsompop, S.F. Cauley, L.L. Wald, E. Adalsteinsson ISMRM 2013, submitted 185

186 QSM Journal: MRI Estimates of Brain Iron Concentration in Normal Aging Using Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping B. Bilgic, A. Pfefferbaum, T. Rohlfing, E.V. Sullivan, E. Adalsteinsson NeuroImage, 2012 Conference Abstract: Quantitative Susceptibility Map Reconstruction with Magnitude Prior B. Bilgic, A.P. Fan, E. Adalsteinsson ISMRM 2011, oral presentation Regularized QSM in Seconds B. Bilgic, I. Chatnuntawech, A.P. Fan, E. Adalsteinsson ISMRM 2013, submitted 186

187 Lipid Suppression Journal: Lipid Suppression in CSI with Spatial Priors and Highly Undersampled Peripheral k-space B. Bilgic, B. Gagoski, T. Kok, E. Adalsteinsson Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2012 Conference Abstract: Lipid Suppression in CSI with Highly-Undersampled Peripheral k-space and Spatial Priors B. Bilgic, B. Gagoski, E. Adalsteinsson ISMRM 2012, poster presentation 187

188 Lipid artifact suppression for Spectroscopic Imaging

189 MRI and MRSI Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging enables spatial encoding of the human tissue Data are collected in (kx,ky,kz) H 2 O MRI Fourier Space IDFT ky kx 189

190 MRI and MRSI Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging enables spatial encoding of the human tissue MR Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) or Chemical Shift Imaging (CSI) provides spatial and spectral encoding MRI water brain metabolites lipids f water f lipids f(hz) 190

191 MRI and MRSI Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging enables spatial encoding of the human tissue MR Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) or Chemical Shift Imaging (CSI) provides spatial and spectral encoding MRI SNR = V size T acq MRSI water ( 50M) brain brain metabolites (1mM-10mM) (1mM-10mM) lipids 1cm 3 f water f lipids f(hz) 1mm 3 191

192 MRI and MRSI Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging enables spatial encoding of the human tissue MR Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) or Chemical Shift Imaging (CSI) provides spatial and spectral encoding MRI SNR = V size T acq MRSI water ( 50M) brain metabolites (1mM-10mM) lipids 1cm 3 f water f lipids f(hz) water suppression 1mm 3 192

193 MRI and MRSI Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging enables spatial encoding of the human tissue MR Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) or Chemical Shift Imaging (CSI) provides spatial and spectral encoding MRI SNR = V size T acq MRSI water brain brain metabolites (1mM-10mM) lipids f water f lipids f(hz) water suppression + lipid suppression 193 f lipids f(hz)

194 MRI and MRSI Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging enables spatial encoding of the human tissue MR Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) or Chemical Shift Imaging (CSI) provides spatial and spectral encoding MRI SNR = V size T acq MRSI water Cr Cho NAA brain brain metabolites (1mM-10mM) lipids f water f lipids f(hz) water suppression + lipid suppression 194

195 Lipid signals in Spectroscopy Voxel sizes in spectroscopy are typically large ~1cm 3 This aims to increase the SNR of brain metabolites Encoding space and resonance frequency within reasonable scan time also limits the spatial resolution 195

196 Lipid signals in Spectroscopy Voxel sizes in spectroscopy are typically large ~1cm 3 This aims to increase the SNR of brain metabolites Encoding space and resonance frequency within reasonable scan time also limits the spatial resolution Poor spatial resolution causes subcutaneous lipids to contaminate the metabolites inside the brain * = lipid layer low resolution 196 lipid ringing

197 Previously proposed lipid suppression methods Outer Volume Suppression (OVS) 1,2,3 Excites a rectangular field-of-view (FOV) inside the brain Peripheral brain regions cannot be mapped excited FOV brain ROI excited FOV NAA map Duyn et al. Radiology Le Roux et al. JMRI Luo et al. MRM 2001

198 Previously proposed lipid suppression methods Outer Volume Suppression (OVS) Excites a rectangular FOV inside the brain Peripheral brain regions cannot be mapped Dual-Density reconstruction 1,2,3 Obtain center k-space with multiple avg for metabolites, high k-space with 1 avg for lipids which have strong signal High frequency lipid information reduces ringing multi avg for metabolites at Nyquist rate Lipid Maps 1 avg for lipid k-space sampling at Nyquist rate dual-density using only center k-space Hu et al. IEEE T.Med.Img Metzger et al. MRI Sarkar et al. MRI 2002

199 Previously proposed lipid suppression methods Outer Volume Suppression (OVS) Excites a rectangular FOV inside the brain Peripheral brain regions cannot be mapped Dual-Density reconstruction Obtain center k-space with multiple avg for metabolites, high k-space with 1 avg for lipids which have strong signal High frequency lipid information reduces ringing Lipid-basis penalty 1 Lipid and metabolite spectra are approximately orthogonal Inside the brain, inner product of metabolites and lipids should be small Lee & Adalsteinsson ISMRM 2010

200 Amplitude Lipid-basis penalty Orthogonality of metabolite and lipid spectra Consider a metabolite spectra (taken from the OVS scan) and a lipid spectra (from non-lipid suppressed acquisition) metabolite lipid Resonance Frequency (ppm) 200

201 Amplitude Lipid-basis penalty Orthogonality of metabolite and lipid spectra Consider a metabolite spectra (taken from the OVS scan) and a lipid spectra (from non-lipid suppressed acquisition) metabolite lipid Resonance Frequency (ppm) 201

202 Amplitude Lipid-basis penalty Orthogonality of metabolite and lipid spectra Consider a metabolite spectra (taken from the OVS scan) and a lipid spectra (from non-lipid suppressed acquisition) metabolite lipid Resonance Frequency (ppm) 202

203 Amplitude Lipid-basis penalty Orthogonality of metabolite and lipid spectra Consider a metabolite spectra (taken from the OVS scan) and a lipid spectra (from non-lipid suppressed acquisition) metabolite lipid Resonance Frequency (ppm) Compute the projection of metabolite signal onto the lipid spectra and the orthogonal component meta metabolite θ meta lipid 203 meta = metaboliteh lipid 2 lipid lipid meta = metabolite meta 2

204 Amplitude Amplitude Lipid-basis penalty Orthogonality of metabolite and lipid spectra Consider a metabolite spectra (taken from the OVS scan) and a lipid spectra (from non-lipid suppressed acquisition) metabolite lipid metabolite meta meta meta 2 meta 2 = 7.5% Resonance Frequency (ppm) Resonance Frequency (ppm) Compute the projection of metabolite signal onto the lipid spectra and the orthogonal component The projection is negligibly small, confirming the orthogonality approximation 204

205 Proposed method - I Combining dual-density and lipid-basis penalty In addition to multiple avg low-resolution CSI acquisition, obtain 1 2 avg high-resolution lipid data Apply iterative lipid-basis penalty 205

206 Proposed method - I Combining dual-density and lipid-basis penalty In addition to multiple avg low-resolution CSI acquisition, obtain 1 2 avg high-resolution lipid data Apply iterative lipid-basis penalty Form high-resolution, masked lipid image x lipid x lipid = M lipid F 1 high y high M lipid : lipid mask y high : high-res k-space data F high : high-res DFT operator 206

207 Proposed method - I Combining dual-density and lipid-basis penalty In addition to multiple avg low-resolution CSI acquisition, obtain 1 2 avg high-resolution lipid data Apply iterative lipid-basis penalty Form high-resolution, masked lipid image x lipid x lipid = M lipid F 1 high y high Compute the dual-density image (combine x lipid with low-res CSI) 1 x dual = F high F high F low y low : low-res k-space data F low : low-res DFT operator x lipid + y low 207

208 Proposed method - I Combining dual-density and lipid-basis penalty In addition to multiple avg low-resolution CSI acquisition, obtain 1 2 avg high-resolution lipid data Apply iterative lipid-basis penalty Form high-resolution, masked lipid image x lipid x lipid = M lipid F 1 high y high Compute the dual-density image (combine x lipid with low-res CSI) 1 x dual = F high F high F low x lipid + y low Make a lipid-basis matrix whose columns are lipid spectra in x dual and enforce orthogonality between metabolites and lipids x basic = argmin x F high x y dual 2 L dual : lipid-basis matrix M brain : brain mask λ i Mbrain L dual H x i 1

209 Proposed method - II Obtaining the high-res lipid image with compressed sensing Lipid layer is ~sparse in space and in frequency lipid layer lipid spectra 209

210 Proposed method - II Obtaining the high-res lipid image with compressed sensing Lipid layer is ~sparse in space and in frequency In addition to acquiring just 1 2 averages, substantially undersample the high-resolution scan to estimate lipid layer multi avg for metabolites at Nyquist rate k-space sampling 1 avg for lipid 10-fold undersampling 210

211 Proposed method - II Obtaining the high-res lipid image with compressed sensing Lipid layer is ~sparse in space and in frequency In addition to acquiring just 1 2 averages, substantially undersample the high-resolution scan to estimate lipid layer Compute the lipid image with FOCUSS 1 algorithm that imposes l 1 penalty in space and frequency: For iteration number t = 1, T, t W j,j = diag x j t 1/2 q t = argmin q q 2 2 such that M Ω F high W t q = y high x t+1 = W t q t M Ω : k-space undersampling mask x T+1 : CS recon for high-res lipid image Gorodnitsky & Rao IEEE T.Signal Proc. 1997

212 Data Acquisition In Vivo whole brain excitation No lipid suppression, TE = 50 ms Voxel size = 0.16 cc, 20 averages, in 33 min CHESS for water suppression, PRESS-box excites whole FOV 212

213 Data Acquisition In Vivo whole brain excitation No lipid suppression, TE = 50 ms Voxel size = 0.16 cc, 20 averages, in 33 min CHESS for water suppression, PRESS-box excites whole FOV Outer Volume Suppression acquisition Voxel size = 0.5 cc, 20 averages, in 11 min OVS bands null the lipid signals PRESS-box excites 9 9 cm 2 FOV inside the brain 213

214 Lipid Maps at TE = 50 ms (a) Gold standard 20 avg high, R high =1 15 db To serve as gold standard, lipid-basis penalty is applied to 20 average, 0.16 cc data 20 avg for metabolites at Nyquist rate -35 db k-space sampling avg for lipid at Nyquist rate

215 Lipid Maps at TE = 50 ms (a) Gold standard 20 avg high, R high =1 (b) Proposed 1 2 avg high, R high =1 15 db Proposed 1 : high-res k-space with 2 avg 20 avg for metabolites at Nyquist rate -35 db k-space sampling avg for lipid at Nyquist rate

216 Lipid Maps at TE = 50 ms (a) Gold standard 20 avg high, R high =1 (b) Proposed 1 2 avg high, R high =1 (c) Proposed 2 2 avg high, R high =10 15 db Proposed 2 : high-res k-space with 2 avg 10-fold undersampling 20 avg for metabolites at Nyquist rate -35 db k-space sampling avg for lipid 10-fold undersampling

217 Lipid Maps at TE = 50 ms (a) Gold standard 20 avg high, R high =1 (b) Proposed 1 2 avg high, R high =1 (c) Proposed 2 2 avg high, R high =10 15 db Lipid-basis applied to 0.5cc data 20 avg for metabolites at Nyquist rate -35 db (d) Lipid-basis penalty k-space sampling 217

218 Lipid Maps at TE = 50 ms (a) Gold standard 20 avg high, R high =1 (b) Proposed 1 2 avg high, R high =1 (c) Proposed 2 2 avg high, R high =10 15 db -35 db (d) Lipid-basis penalty (e) Dual-density 218

219 Lipid Maps at TE = 50 ms (a) Gold standard 20 avg high, R high =1 (b) Proposed 1 2 avg high, R high =1 (c) Proposed 2 2 avg high, R high =10 15 db -35 db (d) Lipid-basis penalty (e) Dual-density (f) No lipid suppression 219

220 NAA Maps at TE = 50 ms 20 avg high, R high =1 2 avg high, R high =1 Ground Truth NAA NAA RMSE = 8.5% 2 avg high, R high =10 Lipid-basis penalty NAA RMSE = 17.0% NAA RMSE = 41.3% Taking the NAA map from Gold Standard as reference, proposed methods have 4.9 and 2.4 times less error relative to lipid-basis method 220

221 Comparison with Outer Volume Suppression, TE = 50ms Outer Volume Proposed 1 Suppression 2 avg high, R high =1 Ground Truth NAA Proposed 2 2 avg high, R high =10 NAA RMSE = 11.5% ppm ppm Lipid-basis penalty NAA RMSE = 12.9% NAA RMSE = 14.7% Spectra from OVS: in black Reconstructed spectra: in blue 221

222 Comparison with Outer Volume Suppression, TE = 50ms Outer Volume Suppression Proposed 1 2 avg high, R high =1 Ground Truth NAA NAA RMSE = 11.5% ppm ppm Lipid-basis penalty NAA RMSE = 14.7% Spectra from OVS: in black Reconstructed spectra: in blue 222

223 Comparison with Outer Volume Suppression, TE = 50ms Outer Volume Suppression Proposed 1 2 avg high, R high =1 Ground Truth NAA NAA RMSE = 11.5% ppm ppm Proposed 2 2 avg high, R high =10 NAA RMSE = 12.9% Spectra from OVS: in black Reconstructed spectra: in blue 223

224 Lipid-basis penalty vs. gold-standard ppm Proposed 2 (2 avg high, R high =10) vs. gold-standard ppm 224

225 Lipid-basis penalty vs. gold-standard ppm Proposed 2 (2 avg high, R high =10) vs. gold-standard ppm

226 Bayesian CS: Marginal prior

227 Prior on the signal coefficients Gradient coefficients are modeled as zero mean Gaussians p δ γ N(0, γ) this does not constitute a sparse prior To promote sparsity, Gamma priors are placed over the variances γ p γ a, b Γ(γ 1 a, b) 227

228 Marginal prior on signal coefficients promotes sparsity We can marginalize over γ and obtain the marginal prior p δ a, b = p δ γ p γ a, b dγ This turns out to be a Student-t distribution. Using a noninformative prior for variances with a = b = 0, p δ 1 δ Gaussian Student-t p δ γ p δ