Floating navigator echo (FNAV) for in-plane 2D translational motion estimation.
A modification of the classical navigator echo (NAV) technique is presented whereby both 2D translational motion components are computed from a single navigator line. Instead of acquiring the NAV at the center of the k-space, a kx line is acquired off-center in the phase-encoding (ky) direction as a floating NAV (FNAV). It is shown that the translational motion in both the readout and phase-encoding directions can be computed from this line. The algorithm used is described in detail and verified experimentally. The new technique can be readily implemented to replace classic NAV in MRI sequences, with little to no additional cost or complexity. The new method can help suppress 2D translational motion and provide more accurate motion estimates for other motion-suppression techniques, such as the diminishing variance algorithm.
Kadah
Yasser M
YM
Biomedical Imaging Technology Center, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Emory University/Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. ymk@ieee.org
Abaza
Ayman A
AA
Fahmy
Ahmed S
AS
Youssef
Abou-Bakr M
AB
Heberlein
Keith
K
Hu
Xiaoping P
XP
D000465:Algorithms; D016477:Artifacts; D003198:Computer Simulation; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009038:Motion