Super-resolution methods in MRI: Can they improve the trade-off between resolution, signal-to-noise ratio, and acquisition time?

• Published in: Magnetic resonance in medicine Vol. 68; no. 6; pp. 1983 - 1993
• Main Authors: Plenge, Esben, Poot, Dirk H. J., Bernsen, Monique, Kotek, Gyula, Houston, Gavin, Wielopolski, Piotr, van der Weerd, Louise, Niessen, Wiro J., Meijering, Erik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.12.2012; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Algorithms; Image Enhancement - instrumentation; Image Enhancement - methods; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - instrumentation; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods; image quality; magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - instrumentation; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Phantoms, Imaging; reconstruction; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Signal-To-Noise Ratio; super-resolution

Improving the resolution in magnetic resonance imaging comes at the cost of either lower signal‐to‐noise ratio, longer acquisition time or both. This study investigates whether so‐called super‐resolution reconstruction methods can increase the resolution in the slice selection direction and, as such...