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Software-Based Algorithm for Modeling and Correction of Gradient Nonlinearity Distortions in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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    Abstract

    Functional radiosurgery is a noninvasive stereo-tactic technique that requires magnetic resonance image (MRI) sets with high spatial resolution. Gradient nonlin-earities introduce geometric distortions that compromise the accuracy of MRI-based stereotactic localization. We present a gradient nonlinearity correction method based on a cubic phantom MRI data set. The approach utilizes a sum of spherical harmonics to model the geometrically warped planes of the cube and applies the model to correct arbitrary image sets acquired with the same scanner. In this paper, we give a detailed description of the Matlab distortion correction program, report on its performance in stereotactic localization of phantom markers, and discuss the possibility to accelerate the code using General-Purpose Computing on Graphics Processing Units (GPGPU) techniques. © 2008 IEEE.
    Original languageAmerican English
    Title of host publicationAdvances in Electrical and Electronics Engineering - IAENG Special Edition of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2008
    Pages52-61
    Number of pages10
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Sep 4 2009
    EventAdvances in Electrical and Electronics Engineering - IAENG Special Edition of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2008, WCECS 2008 - San Francisco, CA, United States
    Duration: Oct 22 2008Oct 24 2008

    Publication series

    NameWorld Congress on Engineering

    Conference

    ConferenceAdvances in Electrical and Electronics Engineering - IAENG Special Edition of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2008, WCECS 2008
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CitySan Francisco, CA
    Period10/22/0810/24/08

    ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

    • Computer Science Applications
    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

    Keywords

    • Distortion correction algorithm
    • Functional radiosurgery
    • Magnetic resonance imaging
    • Matlab

    Disciplines

    • Theory and Algorithms
    • Computer Sciences
    • Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

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