BIOPHYSICS MODEL IMPROVEMENT IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING: CEREBRAL METABOLIC RATE OF OXYGEN

Cho, Junghun

BIOPHYSICS MODEL IMPROVEMENT IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING: CEREBRAL METABOLIC RATE OF OXYGEN

Abstract

Cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO2) and oxygen extraction fraction (OEF) are valuable to investigate tissue viability and function. Numerous magnetic resonance imainge (MRI) methods have been proposed to estimate them quantitatively. While those methods are investigated in healthy subjects, a robust framework is elusive from literature for reliable CMRO2 and OEF estimation in pathological scenarios. This thesis developed algorithms that improve the accuracy, robustness and applicability of CMRO2 and OEF for both healthy and pathological subjects. First, quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM)-based and quantitative blood oxygen-level dependent magnitude (qBOLD)-based CMRO2 method were combined to resolve the issues of the individual methods. Second, the cluster analysis of time evolution (CAT) was proposed to improve robustness of the combined model against noise. With the technical advances in this thesis, CMRO2 and OEF that are robust against noise and sensitive to pathological senarios, e.g. ischemic stroke lesion, can be estimated.

Description

105 pages

Date Issued

2019-12

Keywords

cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen; magnetic resonance imaging; oxygen extraction fraction; QSM+qBOLD; quantitative BOLD; quantitative susceptibility mapping

Committee Chair

Wang, Yi

Committee Member

Doerschuk, Peter
Schaffer, Chris

Degree Discipline

Biomedical Engineering

Degree Name

Ph. D., Biomedical Engineering

Degree Level

Doctor of Philosophy

Types

dissertation or thesis