On uniqueness of coefficient identification in the Bloch-Torrey equation for magnetic resonance imaging

Fuente: arXiv
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaltenbacher, Barbara
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
Subjects:
Online Access:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866911544765317120
author Kaltenbacher, Barbara
author_facet Kaltenbacher, Barbara
contents In this paper we provide some uniqueness results for the (multi-)coefficient identification problem of reconstructing the spatially varying spin density as well as the spin-lattice and spin-spin relaxation times and the local field inhomogeneity in the Bloch-Torrey equation, as relevant in magnetic resonance imaging MRI. To this end, we follow two approaches: (a) Relying on sampling of the k-space and (approximately) explicit reconstruction formulas in the simplified (Bloch) ODE setting, along with perturbation estimates; (b) Relying on infinite speed of propagation due to diffusion. The results on well-posendess and Lipschitz continuous differentiability of the coefficient-to-state map derived for this purpose, are expected to be useful also in the convergence analysis of reconstruction schemes as well in mathematical optimization of the experimental design in MRI.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2506_13708
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle On uniqueness of coefficient identification in the Bloch-Torrey equation for magnetic resonance imaging
Kaltenbacher, Barbara
Analysis of PDEs
35R30, 35K20, 95C55
In this paper we provide some uniqueness results for the (multi-)coefficient identification problem of reconstructing the spatially varying spin density as well as the spin-lattice and spin-spin relaxation times and the local field inhomogeneity in the Bloch-Torrey equation, as relevant in magnetic resonance imaging MRI. To this end, we follow two approaches: (a) Relying on sampling of the k-space and (approximately) explicit reconstruction formulas in the simplified (Bloch) ODE setting, along with perturbation estimates; (b) Relying on infinite speed of propagation due to diffusion. The results on well-posendess and Lipschitz continuous differentiability of the coefficient-to-state map derived for this purpose, are expected to be useful also in the convergence analysis of reconstruction schemes as well in mathematical optimization of the experimental design in MRI.
title On uniqueness of coefficient identification in the Bloch-Torrey equation for magnetic resonance imaging
topic Analysis of PDEs
35R30, 35K20, 95C55
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13708