title: ESPIRiT--an eigenvalue approach to autocalibrating parallel MRI: where SENSE meets GRAPPA.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Parallel imaging allows the reconstruction of images from undersampled multicoil data. The two main approaches are: SENSE, which explicitly uses coil sensitivities, and GRAPPA, which makes use of learned correlations in k-space. The purpose of this work is to clarify their relationship and to develop and evaluate an improved algorithm.
  
  
  METHODS
  A theoretical analysis shows: (1) The correlations in k-space are encoded in the null space of a calibration matrix. (2) Both approaches restrict the solution to a subspace spanned by the sensitivities. (3) The sensitivities appear as the main eigenvector of a reconstruction operator computed from the null space. The basic assumptions and the quality of the sensitivity maps are evaluated in experimental examples. The appearance of additional eigenvectors motivates an extended SENSE reconstruction with multiple maps, which is compared to existing methods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The existence of a null space and the high quality of the extracted sensitivities are confirmed. The extended reconstruction combines all advantages of SENSE with robustness to certain errors similar to GRAPPA.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this article the gap between both approaches is finally bridged. A new autocalibration technique combines the benefits of both.
authors: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Uecker
authors: Peng
authors: P
authors: Lai
authors: Mark J
authors: MJ
authors: Murphy
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Virtue
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Elad
authors: John M
authors: JM
authors: Pauly
authors: Shreyas S
authors: SS
authors: Vasanawala
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Lustig
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002138:Calibration; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D038622:Internationality; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
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