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Algorithm unrolling methods have proven powerful for solving the regularized least squares problem in computational magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These approaches unfold an iterative algorithm with a fixed number of iterations,…
Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF) enables simultaneous mapping of multiple tissue parameters such as T1 and T2 relaxation times. The working principle of MRF relies on varying acquisition parameters pseudo-randomly, so that each…
MR Fingerprinting is a novel quantitative MR technique that could simultaneously provide multiple tissue property maps. When optimizing MRF scans, modeling undersampling errors and field imperfections in cost functions will make the…
We study signal processing tasks in which the signal is mapped via some generalized time-frequency transform to a higher dimensional time-frequency space, processed there, and synthesized to an output signal. We show how to approximate such…
Quantitative MRI is highly desirable in terms of intrinsic tissue parameters such as T1, T2 and proton density. This approach promises to minimize diagnostic variability and differentiate normal and pathological tissues by comparing tissue…
Quantitative MRI (qMRI) refers to a class of MRI methods for quantifying the spatial distribution of biological tissue parameters. Traditional qMRI methods usually deal separately with artifacts arising from accelerated data acquisition,…
Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF) is a time-efficient approach to quantitative MRI for multiparametric tissue mapping. The reconstruction of quantitative maps requires tailored algorithms for removing aliasing artefacts from the…
Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (qMRI) provides researchers insight into pathological and physiological alterations of living tissue, with the help of which researchers hope to predict (local) therapeutic efficacy early and…
This study presents a comparison of quantitative MRI methods based on an efficiency metric that quantifies their intrinsic ability to extract information about tissue parameters. Under a regime of unbiased parameter estimates, an intrinsic…
To realize Quantitative MRI (QMRI) with clinically acceptable scan time, acceleration factors achieved by conventional parallel imaging techniques are often inadequate. Further acceleration is possible using model-based reconstruction. We…
Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF) methods typically rely on dictionary matching to map the temporal MRF signals to quantitative tissue parameters. These methods suffer from heavy storage and computation requirements as the dictionary…
Magnetic Resonance (MR) Fingerprinting is an emerging multi-parametric quantitative MR imaging technique, for which image reconstruction methods utilizing low-rank and subspace constraints have achieved state-of-the-art performance.…
The Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF) approach aims to estimate multiple MR or physiological parameters simultaneously with a single fast acquisition sequence. Most of the MRF studies proposed so far have used simple MR sequence types…
Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) has been increasingly applied in longitudinal studies of neurodegenerative diseases and aging to assess temporal alterations in brain iron and myelin. The accuracy of such investigations depends on…
Magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) can successfully recover quantitative multi-parametric maps of human tissue in a very short acquisition time. Due to their pseudo-random nature, the large spatial undersampling artifacts can be…
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive diagnostic and radiotherapy (RT) planning tool, offering detailed insights into the anatomy of the human body. The extensive scan time is stressful for patients, who must remain motionless…
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) acquisitions require extensive scan times, limiting patient throughput and increasing susceptibility to motion artifacts. Accelerated parallel MRI techniques reduce acquisition time by undersampling k-space…
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) offers unparalleled soft-tissue contrast but is fundamentally limited by long acquisition times. While deep learning-based accelerated MRI can dramatically shorten scan times, the reconstruction from…
Multiresolution Matrix Factorization (MMF) was recently introduced as a method for finding multiscale structure and defining wavelets on graphs/matrices. In this paper we derive pMMF, a parallel algorithm for computing the MMF…
Because of their robustness, efficiency and non-intrusiveness, Monte Carlo methods are probably the most popular approach in uncertainty quantification to computing expected values of quantities of interest (QoIs). Multilevel Monte Carlo…