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This study investigates the significance of flip angle, an imaging parameter, in enhancing Magnetic Resonance image quality under various imaging conditions. It specifically explores the extent to which the Ernst angle, an optimal flip…
We demonstrated the feasibility of using bSSFP acquisitions for off-resonance insensitive high-resolution [6,6'-2H2]-glucose deuterium metabolic imaging (DMI) studies in the healthy human brain at 9.4T. Balanced SSFP acquisitions have…
We present a novel approach to achieve hyper spectral resolution, high sensitive detection, and high speed data acquisition Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy by employing amplified offset-phase controlled fs-pulse bursts. In this approach, the…
Fourier Transform (FT) has been a mainstay of analytical 13C and 15N NMR. On the other hand it has been shown that Steady State Free Precession (SSFP) experiments which depart from this scheme can, under certain conditions, endow 13C and…
Balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) imaging enables high scan efficiency in MRI, but differs from conventional sequences in terms of elevated sensitivity to main field inhomogeneity and nonstandard T2/T1-weighted tissue contrast.…
Spiking neural networks (SNNs) present a promising energy efficient alternative to traditional Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) due to their multiplication-free operations enabled by binarized intermediate activations. However, this…
In this paper, we present a rapidly-prototyped, costefficient, 3D-printed quasioptical sample holder for improving the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in modern, resonator-free, highfield electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometers.…
Balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) can be used as an alternative to gradient-echo (GE) EPI for BOLD functional MRI when image distortions and signal drop-outs are severe such as at ultra-high field. However, 3D-bSSFP acquisitions…
Novel methods and technology drive the rapid advances of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The primary objective of developing novel hardware is to improve sensitivity and reliability (and possibly to reduce cost). Automation has made NMR…
Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) are gaining interest due to their event-driven processing which potentially consumes low power/energy computations in hardware platforms, while offering unsupervised learning capability due to the…
We propose a method for synthesizing high range resolution profiles (HRRP) using stepped frequency waveform (SFW) processing. Conventional SFW radars sweep over the available spectrum linearly to achieve high resolution from their…
Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) demonstrate significant potential for energy-efficient neuromorphic computing through an event-driven paradigm. While training methods and computational models have greatly advanced, SNNs struggle to achieve…
Spiking neural networks (SNNs) are good candidates to produce ultra-energy-efficient hardware. However, the performance of these models is currently behind traditional methods. Introducing multi-layered SNNs is a promising way to reduce…
Purpose: A novel subspace-based reconstruction method for frequency-modulated balanced steady-state free precession (fmSSFP) MRI is presented. In this work, suitable data acquisition schemes, subspace sizes, and efficiencies for banding…
Short-time Fourier transform (STFT) is the most common window-based approach for analyzing the spectrotemporal dynamics of time series. To mitigate the effects of high variance on the spectral estimates due to finite-length, independent…
Point spread function (PSF) engineering is vital for precisely controlling the focus of light in computational imaging, with applications in neural imaging, fluorescence microscopy, and biophotonics. The PSF is derived from the magnitude of…
The goals of functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) include high spatial and temporal resolutions with a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). To simultaneously improve spatial and temporal resolutions and maintain the high SNR advantage…
Neuromorphic vision sensors (event cameras) are inherently suitable for spiking neural networks (SNNs) and provide novel neuromorphic vision data for this biomimetic model. Due to the spatiotemporal characteristics, novel data augmentations…
Purpose: To non-heuristically identify dedicated variable flip angle (VFA) schemes optimized for the point-spread function (PSF) and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of multiple tissues in 3D FSE sequences with very long echo trains at 7T.…
Hyperspectral images are crucial for many research works. Spectral super-resolution (SSR) is a method used to obtain high spatial resolution (HR) hyperspectral images from HR multispectral images. Traditional SSR methods include…