Multiresolution comparison of fetal real-time and cine magnetic resonance imaging at 0.55T
ABSTRACT: Background: Dynamic fetal cardiovascular MRI (CMR) enables visualization of moving structures to assess congenital heart disease and plan treatment. Low field MRI systems can provide more comfortable platforms for fetal CMR. Here, we demonstrate the feasibility and utility of motion corre...
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| author | Datta Singh Goolaub Ye Tian Joshua F.P. van Amerom John Wood Jon Detterich Krishna S. Nayak Christopher K. Macgowan |
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| description | ABSTRACT: Background: Dynamic fetal cardiovascular MRI (CMR) enables visualization of moving structures to assess congenital heart disease and plan treatment. Low field MRI systems can provide more comfortable platforms for fetal CMR. Here, we demonstrate the feasibility and utility of motion corrected fetal cardiac cine CMR and compare it with real-time CMR at multiple spatial resolutions at 0.55 T. Methods: Ten human pregnancies were scanned at 0.55T on a derated MAGNETOM Aera (Siemens Healthineers, Erlangen, Germany) with spiral steady-state free precession imaging. Real-time images were reconstructed and used for motion correction and fetal cardiac gating followed by cine reconstructions. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), image quality, blood-to-myocardium contrast, and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) from real-time and cine reconstructions were compared. The effect of acceleration on cine accuracy was assessed by retrospectively undersampling the data and measuring the reconstruction error with the normalized root-mean-squared difference (NRMSD) in five fetuses. Reproducibility of the measurements was assessed by reconstructing cines from two independent windows of data and computing the NRMSD relative to the reference image in five fetuses. Results: The SNR, CNR, and image quality were better for cines than their corresponding real-time reconstructions. The blood-to-myocardium contrast had no significant difference between real-time and cine reconstructions. With finer spatial resolution, real-time images degraded, and cardiac structures were less conspicuous. NRMSD in cines decreased with increasing scan times across all resolutions (NRMSD = 10 ± 2% for 7 s scan duration). Good consistency (NRMSD = 11 ± 3%) was achieved between independent reconstruction windows. Conclusion: While this study was performed on an experimental scanner (derated; not commercially available), we have shown that fetal cine CMR is feasible at 0.55T and provides high-quality fetal cardiac images at high spatiotemporal resolutions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a04acee7a8e84fc28cf43cb1dae182da2025-08-20T02:34:15ZengElsevierJournal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance1097-66472025-01-0127110185610.1016/j.jocmr.2025.101856Multiresolution comparison of fetal real-time and cine magnetic resonance imaging at 0.55TDatta Singh Goolaub0Ye Tian1Joshua F.P. van Amerom2John Wood3Jon Detterich4Krishna S. Nayak5Christopher K. Macgowan6Translational Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Corresponding author.Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USATranslational Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDivision of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USADivision of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USAMing Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USATranslational Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaABSTRACT: Background: Dynamic fetal cardiovascular MRI (CMR) enables visualization of moving structures to assess congenital heart disease and plan treatment. Low field MRI systems can provide more comfortable platforms for fetal CMR. Here, we demonstrate the feasibility and utility of motion corrected fetal cardiac cine CMR and compare it with real-time CMR at multiple spatial resolutions at 0.55 T. Methods: Ten human pregnancies were scanned at 0.55T on a derated MAGNETOM Aera (Siemens Healthineers, Erlangen, Germany) with spiral steady-state free precession imaging. Real-time images were reconstructed and used for motion correction and fetal cardiac gating followed by cine reconstructions. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), image quality, blood-to-myocardium contrast, and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) from real-time and cine reconstructions were compared. The effect of acceleration on cine accuracy was assessed by retrospectively undersampling the data and measuring the reconstruction error with the normalized root-mean-squared difference (NRMSD) in five fetuses. Reproducibility of the measurements was assessed by reconstructing cines from two independent windows of data and computing the NRMSD relative to the reference image in five fetuses. Results: The SNR, CNR, and image quality were better for cines than their corresponding real-time reconstructions. The blood-to-myocardium contrast had no significant difference between real-time and cine reconstructions. With finer spatial resolution, real-time images degraded, and cardiac structures were less conspicuous. NRMSD in cines decreased with increasing scan times across all resolutions (NRMSD = 10 ± 2% for 7 s scan duration). Good consistency (NRMSD = 11 ± 3%) was achieved between independent reconstruction windows. Conclusion: While this study was performed on an experimental scanner (derated; not commercially available), we have shown that fetal cine CMR is feasible at 0.55T and provides high-quality fetal cardiac images at high spatiotemporal resolutions.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1097664725000183FetalLow-field MRICardiacCine imagingMotion correction |
| spellingShingle | Datta Singh Goolaub Ye Tian Joshua F.P. van Amerom John Wood Jon Detterich Krishna S. Nayak Christopher K. Macgowan Multiresolution comparison of fetal real-time and cine magnetic resonance imaging at 0.55T Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Fetal Low-field MRI Cardiac Cine imaging Motion correction |
| title | Multiresolution comparison of fetal real-time and cine magnetic resonance imaging at 0.55T |
| title_full | Multiresolution comparison of fetal real-time and cine magnetic resonance imaging at 0.55T |
| title_fullStr | Multiresolution comparison of fetal real-time and cine magnetic resonance imaging at 0.55T |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multiresolution comparison of fetal real-time and cine magnetic resonance imaging at 0.55T |
| title_short | Multiresolution comparison of fetal real-time and cine magnetic resonance imaging at 0.55T |
| title_sort | multiresolution comparison of fetal real time and cine magnetic resonance imaging at 0 55t |
| topic | Fetal Low-field MRI Cardiac Cine imaging Motion correction |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1097664725000183 |
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