3-D Contrast Source Inversion-Electrical Properties Tomography

Reijer L. Leijsen*, Wyger M. Brink, Cornelis A.T. Van Den Berg, Andrew G. Webb, Rob F. Remis

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Abstract

Contrast source inversion-electrical properties tomography (CSI-EPT) is an iterative reconstruction method to retrieve the electrical properties (EPs) of tissues from magnetic resonance data. The method is based on integral representations of the electromagnetic field and has been shown to allow EP reconstructions of small structures as well as tissue boundaries with compelling accuracy. However, to date, the CSI-EPT has been implemented for 2-D configurations only, which limits its applicability. In this paper, a full 3-D extension of the CSI-EPT method is presented, to enable CSI-EPT to be applied to realistic 3-D scenarios. Here, we demonstrate a proof-of-principle of 3-D CSI-EPT and present the reconstructions of a 3-D abdominal body section and a 3-D head model using different settings of the transmit coil. Numerical results show that the full 3-D approach yields accurate reconstructions of the EPs, even at tissue boundaries and is most accurate in regions where the absolute value of the electric field is highest.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8361049
Pages (from-to)2080-2089
Number of pages10
JournalIEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
Volume37
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2018

Keywords

  • Electrical properties tomography
  • electromagnetic Green's tensor field representations
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • three-dimensional contrast source inversion

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