A unipolar head gradient for high-field MRI without encoding ambiguity
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| author | Weiger, Markus Overweg, Johan Hennel, Franciszek Baadsvik, Emily Louise Bianchi, Samuel Björkqvist, Oskar Luechinger, Roger Metzger, Jens Michael, Eric Schmid, Thomas Singenberger, Lauro Sturzenegger, Urs Oskam, Erik Vissers, Gerrit Koonen, Jos Schuth, Wout Koeleman, Jeroen Pruessmann, Martino Borgo Klaas Paul |
| author_facet | Weiger, Markus Overweg, Johan Hennel, Franciszek Baadsvik, Emily Louise Bianchi, Samuel Björkqvist, Oskar Luechinger, Roger Metzger, Jens Michael, Eric Schmid, Thomas Singenberger, Lauro Sturzenegger, Urs Oskam, Erik Vissers, Gerrit Koonen, Jos Schuth, Wout Koeleman, Jeroen Pruessmann, Martino Borgo Klaas Paul |
| contents | Purpose: MRI gradients with a conventional, bipolar design generally face a trade-off between performance, encoding ambiguity, and circumventing the latter by means of RF selectivity. This problem is particularly limiting in cutting-edge brain imaging performed at field strengths >= 7T and using high-performance head gradients. Methods: To address this issue, the present work proposes to fundamentally eliminate the encoding ambiguity in head gradients by using a unipolar z-gradient design that takes advantage of the signal-free range on one side of the imaging volume. This concept is demonstrated by implementation of a unipolar head gradient for operation at 7T. Results: Imaging in phantoms and in vivo demonstrates elimination of backfolding due to encoding ambiguity. At the same time, the unipolar design achieves efficiency on par with conventional bipolar design, resulting in high amplitude and slew-rate performance. Conclusion: The prospect of gradient systems based on a unipolar design holds promise for all advanced neuroimaging that demands high gradient performance. It will make the greatest difference at 7T and beyond where the absence of ambiguity removes a key concern and constraint in terms of RF behaviour and instrumentation. |
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| spellingShingle | A unipolar head gradient for high-field MRI without encoding ambiguity Weiger, Markus Overweg, Johan Hennel, Franciszek Baadsvik, Emily Louise Bianchi, Samuel Björkqvist, Oskar Luechinger, Roger Metzger, Jens Michael, Eric Schmid, Thomas Singenberger, Lauro Sturzenegger, Urs Oskam, Erik Vissers, Gerrit Koonen, Jos Schuth, Wout Koeleman, Jeroen Pruessmann, Martino Borgo Klaas Paul Medical Physics Purpose: MRI gradients with a conventional, bipolar design generally face a trade-off between performance, encoding ambiguity, and circumventing the latter by means of RF selectivity. This problem is particularly limiting in cutting-edge brain imaging performed at field strengths >= 7T and using high-performance head gradients. Methods: To address this issue, the present work proposes to fundamentally eliminate the encoding ambiguity in head gradients by using a unipolar z-gradient design that takes advantage of the signal-free range on one side of the imaging volume. This concept is demonstrated by implementation of a unipolar head gradient for operation at 7T. Results: Imaging in phantoms and in vivo demonstrates elimination of backfolding due to encoding ambiguity. At the same time, the unipolar design achieves efficiency on par with conventional bipolar design, resulting in high amplitude and slew-rate performance. Conclusion: The prospect of gradient systems based on a unipolar design holds promise for all advanced neuroimaging that demands high gradient performance. It will make the greatest difference at 7T and beyond where the absence of ambiguity removes a key concern and constraint in terms of RF behaviour and instrumentation. |
| title | A unipolar head gradient for high-field MRI without encoding ambiguity |
| topic | Medical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17923 |