Retrospectively gated cardiac cine imaging with temporal and spatial acceleration

Parallel imaging methods are routinely used to accelerate the image acquisition process in cardiac cine imaging. The addition of a temporal acceleration method, whereby k-space is sampled differently for different time frames, has been shown in prior work to improve image quality as compared to parallel imaging by itself. However, such temporal acceleration strategies prove difficult to combine with retrospectively gated cine imaging. The only currently published method to feature such combination, by Hansen et al. [Magn Reson Med 55 (2006) 85-91] tends to be associated with prohibitively long reconstruction times. The goal of the present work was to develop a retrospectively gated cardiac cine method that features both parallel imaging and temporal acceleration, capable of achieving significant acceleration factors on commonly available hardware and associated with reconstruction times short enough for practical use in a clinical context.Seven cardiac patients and a healthy volunteer were recruited and imaged, with acceleration factors of 3.5 or 4.5, using an eight-channel product cardiac array on a 1.5-T system. The prescribed FOV value proved slightly too small in three patients, and one of the patients had a bigemini condition. Despite these additional challenges, good-quality results were obtained for all slices and all patients, with a reconstruction time of 0.98±0.07 s per frame, or about 20 s for a 20-frame slice, using a single processor on a single PC. As compared to using parallel imaging by itself, the addition of a temporal acceleration strategy provided much resistance to artifacts.     

Generalized equation for describing the magnetization in spoiled gradient-echo imaging

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate a generalized equation for describing the magnetization in spoiled gradient-echo (SPGR) imaging in which the in-pulse relaxation and magnetization transfer (MT) effects are taken into account. First, the time-dependent Bloch equations for the two-pool exchange model with MT effect were reduced to an inhomogeneous linear differential equation, and then a simple equation was derived to solve it using a matrix operation. Second, the equations describing the magnetization before and after the radiofrequency (RF) pulse were derived based on the above solution for the RF-pulse excitation and evolution phases. Finally, a generalized equation describing the steady-state magnetization was derived. The validity of this equation was investigated by comparing with the transverse magnetization obtained by the regular Ernst equation and analytical solution in which the in-pulse transverse relaxation is considered. When the same assumption was made in our method, there were good agreements between them, indicating the validity of our method. The in-pulse transverse and longitudinal relaxations decreased the transverse magnetization compared to the case in which these effects were neglected, whereas MT increased it. In conclusion, we derived a generalized equation for describing the magnetization in SPGR imaging. This equation will provide a suitable basis for understanding the signal intensity in SPGR imaging and/or T₁ measurement using an SPGR sequence in cases in which the effect of in-pulse relaxation and/or MT cannot be neglected.     

Negative refraction and imaging properties of circular photonic crystals

The electromagnetic wave propagation in a two-dimensional (2D) circular photonic crystal (CPC) is investigated. The CPC structure is composed of air holes in the dielectric background material. The finite element method is used to study the optical and propagating properties of the CPC slab. Numerical simulations show that negative refraction and near-field imaging can appear in a 2D CPC slab. We also find that the high-symmetry CPC slab possesses an optics axis along the vertical direction intersecting the symmetric center. As a result, the CPC slab can exhibit an excellent imaging performance when a source is placed on the optical axis.     

基于斯托克斯矢量的偏振成像仪器及其进展

偏振成像技术将景物的偏振信息转化为二维图像信息,从而可以和灰度图像一样对目标景物进行场景特征分析。介绍了基于斯托克斯矢量的偏振成像原理。按照获取斯托克斯矢量方法的不同,分别介绍了偏振片起偏、偏振棱镜分光和可变延迟波片调制三类分时偏振成像方式,分振幅、分孔径、分焦平面三种同时偏振成像方式。结合我国的制造水平,设计了双CCD渥拉斯顿棱镜同时偏振成像实验系统,并采集了实验图像。分析了各种偏振成像方式的优缺点。指出了偏振激光照明主动偏振成像、光谱偏振成像是偏振成像仪器进一步的发展方向。     

基于侧扫声纳的船舶吨位测量技术研究及应用

在自动化测量技术迅速发展的今天,国内外对船舶吨位的测定却主要依据船舶图纸及证件,存在着诸多弊端。为解决上述问题,本文在对侧扫声纳成像原理分析后,认为侧扫声纳对水面目标同样可以成像,设计了利用侧扫声纳测量内河航道过闸船舶实载总吨位的测量方案。为了对测量方案进行验证,本文使用Starfish 450F型侧扫声纳于常州魏村船闸开展实地测量实验,所得理论计算结果与实际丈量结果误差较小,证明了本文提出的船舶吨位测量技术的可行性,对船舶吨位自动化测量的实现具有一定的价值。     

等离子体二维密度重建的影响因素

利用超强超短激光脉冲产生的高能质子束的库仑能量损失可以重建稠密等离子体的二维密度分布,使用同时迭代重建算法（SIRT算法）研究等离子体二维密度重建的影响因素.研究等离子体密度梯度、密度量级和质子束入射能量对重建误差的影响,分析质子束成像探测等离子体密度之前获得等离子体大概方位的重要性,通过数据拟合确定了能量噪声和重建误差之间的解析关系式.     

Designing shielded radio-frequency phased-array coils for magnetic resonance imaging

In this paper, an approach to the design of shielded radio-frequency (RF) phased-array coils for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is proposed. The target field method is used to find current densities distributed on primary and shield coils. The stream function technique is used to discretize current densities and to obtain the winding patterns of the coils. The corresponding highly ill-conditioned integral equation is solved by the Tikhonov regularization with a penalty function related to the minimum curvature. To balance the simplicity and smoothness with the homogeneity of the magnetic field of the coil’s winding pattern, the selection of a penalty factor is discussed in detail.     

空间高层大气遥感远紫外成像光谱仪的光学系统

空间高层大气遥感远紫外成像光谱仪主要用于观测高层大气中的远紫外辐射和实现对其内部中尺度现象成像的功能。目前我国该类的相关仪器研究基础还比较薄弱,针对这种情况,在光学系统设计的角度上给出了一种适用于130～180nm波段探测的光学系统方案。该成像光谱仪光学系统以离轴抛物镜为物镜,串联Wadsworth结构为成像光谱系统;这种串联Wadsworth成像光谱系统采用离轴抛物镜做准直镜,分光器件为平面光栅和球面光栅串联,实现二次色散,同时球面光栅起到聚焦成像作用;在像差理论的基础上,对该结构的光程函数和各像差进行了分析,获得了改进结构的宽波段完善成像条件。针对低轨空间探测应用要求设计了相关改进型Wadsworth结构成像光谱仪光学系统,设计结果证明系统像差得到了充分校正,在奈奎斯特频率(20lp/mm)下全视场全波段调制传递函数值在0.6以上。该优化结构同时具备高空间分辨率和高光谱分辨率,性能优越。     

不同表面结构特征圆柱导体的太赫兹散射特性

太赫兹频段下导体表面的细微结构、粗糙度等细节将对目标电磁散射行为产生影响。为衡量这一影响程度,以圆柱导体为例研究了太赫兹频段下目标表面不同结构特征的电磁散射现象及其在图像域的表现规律。利用高频电磁计算方法获得了表面分别为理想光滑、带刻痕和周期粗糙的三种圆柱多姿态角、多频点单站散射场;基于转台成像算法重建了小转角下目标的二维图像。从仿真结果可以看出:m量级的细节特征在太赫兹雷达图像上有着显著的表现,表明太赫兹雷达能够获取更加丰富和精细的目标信息,从而为目标探测识别提供新的特征和技术手段。     

0.14 THz高分辨力成像雷达信号处理

为适应0.14 THz超高分辨雷达实时成像的需求,开发了基于CPU+GPU+FPGA的硬件架构和成像处理算法,算法以距离-多普勒为原型,引入L类维格纳分布变换提高横向分辨力,用Keystone变换方法对越距离单元徙动进行校正,并开发了系统非线性补偿算法。在载频0.14 THz、带宽5 GHz雷达样机上进行了逆合成孔径雷达成像试验,获得了3 cm3 cm的成像分辨力和实时成像能力,验证了信号处理方法的有效性。