Magnetic Resonance fingerprinting - a promising new approach to obtain standardized imaging biomarkers from MRI

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Abstract

Abstract Current routine MRI examinations rely on the acquisition of qualitative images that have a contrast “weighted” for a mixture of (magnetic) tissue properties. Recently, a novel approach was introduced, namely MR Fingerprinting (MRF) with a completely different approach to data acquisition, postprocessing
and visualization. Instead of using a repeated, serial acquisition of data for the characterization of individual parameters of interest, MRF uses a pseudo randomized acquisition that causes the signals from different tissues to have a unique signal evolution or ‘fingerprint’ that is simultaneously a function of the multiple material properties under investigation. The processing after acquisition involves a pattern recognition algorithm to match the fingerprints to a predefined dictionary of predicted signal evolutions. These can then be translated into quantitative maps of the magnetic parameters of interest.MR Fingerprinting (MRF) is a technique that could theoretically be applied to most traditional qualitative MRI methods and replaces them with acquisition of truly quantitative tissue measures. MRF is, thereby, expected to be much more accurate and reproducible than traditional MRI and should improve multi-center studies and significantly reduce reader bias when diagnostic imaging is performed.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)163-165
JournalInsights into Imaging
Volume6
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2015

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Magnetic resonance (MR) . Magnetic resonance fingerprinting . QuantitativeMRimaging . Multiparametric MRimaging

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