MR imaging artifacts cause and solution strategies.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 20 MR imaging artifacts cause and solution strategies Author: Li Wei, LUO Xue-Mao, Ho Yee change, Lan Yong, Guo Yunfeng 【Abstract】 Objective: To improve the image quality, reduce and eliminate artifacts. Methods: To summarize 12 years, 50,000 cases of MR scanning cases, by placing the artifacts categorize patient data to conduct analysis of artifacts. Results: MR artifacts can be divided into image processing artifacts, the patient-related artifacts, RF-related artifacts, external magnetic field artifacts, magnetic susceptibility artifacts, gradient-related artifacts, the data error and flow-related artifacts, etc. 8. Conclusion: The conclusion out of eight kinds of artifacts and the elimination of approaches to improving the quality of diagnostic significance. Keywords: MR imaging; artifact; Image In MR imaging, there are many artifacts of different sources, we adopted 12 years, 50,000 cases of the patient’s scan, the patient has artifacts summarized data, sorting out the map video processing artifacts, the patient-related artifacts, RF-related pseudo - Shadow, the main magnetic field artifacts, magnetic susceptibility artifacts, gradient-related artifacts, data errors and flow-related artifacts [1-3] 8 broad categories are described below. An image processing artifact 1.1 Nyquist aliasing artifacts by the law that, in each sampling cycle, the number of radio frequency echo of not less than two times, the sampling interval can not be too long, otherwise the square wave caused by the overlap or aliasing, resulting in mixed stack artifact [2,4]. In the spin-echo imaging, such as only including the abdomen part of the FOV, while nearly two shoulders can not include images of this area occurs alias to the body within the Ministry of FOV to go, resulting in artifacts. The reason is that GX, the left field of vision, resulting in f max, in the produce department right shoulder-f max. This is the Nyq