Quantitative T1 mapping is a magnetic resonance imaging technique in which the spin-lattice relaxation time of tissues is estimated. Even though T1 mapping has a broad range of potential applications, it is not routinely used in clinical practice. The long acquisition time of the required set of high resolution T1-weighted images, needed to obtain a precise high resolution T1 map, is clinically infeasible. To improve the trade-off between the acquisition time, SNR and spatial resolution, we propose to combine super-resolution reconstruction with T1 parameter estimation into one integrated method that estimates a high resolution T1 map directly from a set of low resolution T1-weighted images.

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doi.org/10.1109/ISBI.2015.7164048, hdl.handle.net/1765/91469
12th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2015
Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam

Van Steenkiste, G., Poot, D., Jeurissen, P., Den Dekker, A. J., & Sijbers, J. (2015). High resolution T1 estimation from multiple low resolution magnetic resonance images. Presented at the 12th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2015. doi:10.1109/ISBI.2015.7164048