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Feasibility of head-tilted brain scan to reduce susceptibility-induced signal loss in the prefrontal cortex in gradient echo-based imaging

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Title
Feasibility of head-tilted brain scan to reduce susceptibility-induced signal loss in the prefrontal cortex in gradient echo-based imaging
Author(s)
Seulki Yoo; Hayoung Song; Seong-Gi Kim; Won Mok Shim; Seung-Kyun Lee
Subject
B-0 homogeneity, ; Shim, ; Susceptibility, ; Prefrontal cortex, ; Orbitofrontal, ; Head tilt, ; fMRI
Publication Date
2020-12
Journal
NEUROIMAGE, v.223, pp.117265
Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Abstract
© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. Susceptibility-induced static field (B 0 ) inhomogeneity near the nasal cavity degrades high-field MRI image quality. Many studies have addressed this problem by hardware- or sequence-based methods to improve local B 0 shimming or minimize the impact of inhomogeneity. Here, we investigate the feasibility of the head-tilted brain scan as an easily accessible way to reduce B 0 inhomogeneity and associated gradient echo signal loss in the prefrontal cortex (PFC). We exploit the fact that the region of intense local B 0 gradient can be steered away from the PFC by head reorientation with respect to the main magnetic field. We found that the required chin-up head tilting by a substantial angle ( > 30°) can be readily achieved for a group of healthy subjects when their back was raised by about 10 cm. Eleven subjects were scanned at 3T, using a standard 20 channel head-neck coil, for whole- head B 0 mapping and gradient-echo EPI-based functional MRI (fMRI) performing a reward-punishment task in normal and tilted head orientations. Additionally, multi-echo gradient echo and resting-state fMRI scans were performed on six subjects in both orientations. Head-tilted sessions, which lasted for at least 20 min, were well- tolerated by all subjects and demonstrated a marked reduction of localized signal loss in the gradient echo-based images and EPI images in the PFC compared to normal orientation scans. Imaging in tilted orientation reduced the group-averaged B 0 standard deviation and peak B 0 gradient in the orbital gyrus beyond what was possible with simulated 3rd order shimming. The behavioral performance in the head-tilted fMRI scans indicated that the subjects were able to perform a cognitive task with little difficulty, and the tilted fMRI scans successfully produced a robust whole-brain functional activation map consistent with the literature. Our study proposes that the back- raised, head-tilted imaging can benefit the shimming of the prefrontal brain regions while being compatible with moderate-length neuroimaging scans on healthy, cooperating subjects.
URI
https://pr.ibs.re.kr/handle/8788114/7509
DOI
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117265 .
ISSN
1053-8119
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