- Title
- Audiovisual biofeedback improves image quality and reduces scan time for respiratory-gated 3D MRI
- Creator
- Lee, D.; Greer, P. B.; Arm, J.; Keall, P.; Kim, T.
- Relation
- 17th International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy (ICCR 2013). Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 489 (Melbourne 6-9 May, 2013)
- Relation
- NHMRC APP1036078.ARC DP120100821
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/489/1/012033
- Publisher
- Institute of Physics Publishing
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that audiovisual (AV) biofeedback can improve image quality and reduce scan time for respiratory-gated 3D thoracic MRI. For five healthy human subjects respiratory motion guidance in MR scans was provided using an AV biofeedback system, utilizing real-time respiratory motion signals. To investigate the improvement of respiratory-gated 3D MR images between free breathing (FB) and AV biofeedback (AV), each subject underwent two imaging sessions. Respiratory-related motion artifacts and imaging time were qualitatively evaluated in addition to the reproducibility of external (abdominal) motion. In the results, 3D MR images in AV biofeedback showed more anatomic information such as a clear distinction of diaphragm, lung lobes and sharper organ boundaries. The scan time was reduced from 401±215 s in FB to 334±94 s in AV (p-value 0.36). The root mean square variation of the displacement and period of the abdominal motion was reduced from 0.4±0.22 cm and 2.8±2.5 s in FB to 0.1±0.15 cm and 0.9±1.3 s in AV (p-value of displacement <0.01 and p-value of period 0.12). This study demonstrated that audiovisual biofeedback improves image quality and reduces scan time for respiratory-gated 3D MRI. These results suggest that AV biofeedback has the potential to be a useful motion management tool in medical imaging and radiation therapy procedures.
- Subject
- audiovisual biofeedback; MRI; respiratory-gated; image quality
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1063049
- Identifier
- uon:17196
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781632667144
- Rights
- Published under licence in Journal of Physics: Conference Series by IOP Publishing Ltd
- Language
- eng
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