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Reproducibility of 3D MR Fingerprinting with Different Dictionary Resolution in the Healthy Human Brain
Krishna Pandu Wicaksono1, Yasutaka Fushimi1, Satoshi Nakajima1, Akihiko Sakata1, Takuya Hinoda1, Sonoko Oshima1, Sayo Otani1, Hiroshi Tagawa1, Yang Wang1, Tomohisa Okada1, and Yuji Nakamoto1
1Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
This study showed comparable in-vivo reproducibility of 3D MRF reconstructed using two different dictionary resolutions in most brain parenchyma. Yet, lower reproducibility was evident in CSF measurement, notably in a higher resolution dictionary.
Figure 2. A comparison of average DARTEL-normalized T1 and T2 maps of all healthy volunteers reconstructed by using low-density and high-density dictionaries. Consistencies were evident in most brain parenchyma.
Figure 1. Example of T1 map overlaid with the volume of interests selected from Freesurfer’s segmentation results.