Respiratory gating for MRI and MRS in rodents
- 20 November 2003
- proceedings article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Abstract
The synchronization of MRI data acquisition to the respiratory cycle is crucial for collecting high-resolution images of small animals. Data collected during at-rest periods (breath-hold orbetween breaths) do not suffer from the blurring effects of respiratory motion seen in unsynchronized images. Here, we describe a simple, inexpensive, robust respiratory gating unit to achieve this synchronization. The unit can operate in either free breathing or drivenbreathing (ventilator) modes, with respiration detected optically (breathing motion) or via a pressure transducer. We demonstrate the effectiveness of this unit with in-vivo mouse images of lung and liver.Keywords
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