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Quantitative susceptibility mapping: Report from the 2016 reconstruction challenge

Langkammer, C; Schweser, F; Shmueli, K; Kames, C; Li, X; Guo, L; Milovic, C; ... Bilgic, B; + view all (2018) Quantitative susceptibility mapping: Report from the 2016 reconstruction challenge. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine , 79 (3) pp. 1661-1673. 10.1002/mrm.26830. Green open access

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Abstract

PURPOSE: The aim of the 2016 quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) reconstruction challenge was to test the ability of various QSM algorithms to recover the underlying susceptibility from phase data faithfully. METHODS: Gradient-echo images of a healthy volunteer acquired at 3T in a single orientation with 1.06 mm isotropic resolution. A reference susceptibility map was provided, which was computed using the susceptibility tensor imaging algorithm on data acquired at 12 head orientations. Susceptibility maps calculated from the single orientation data were compared against the reference susceptibility map. Deviations were quantified using the following metrics: root mean squared error (RMSE), structure similarity index (SSIM), high-frequency error norm (HFEN), and the error in selected white and gray matter regions. RESULTS: Twenty-seven submissions were evaluated. Most of the best scoring approaches estimated the spatial frequency content in the ill-conditioned domain of the dipole kernel using compressed sensing strategies. The top 10 maps in each category had similar error metrics but substantially different visual appearance. CONCLUSION: Because QSM algorithms were optimized to minimize error metrics, the resulting susceptibility maps suffered from over-smoothing and conspicuity loss in fine features such as vessels. As such, the challenge highlighted the need for better numerical image quality criteria.

Type: Article
Title: Quantitative susceptibility mapping: Report from the 2016 reconstruction challenge
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26830
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.26830
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: quantitative susceptibility mapping; reconstruction algorithms; dipole inversion; challenge; assessment
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Med Phys and Biomedical Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1570308
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