Do you mean you are doing 33-orientation x 3 signal averaging for 5 mm slice? That is equivalent to 99 DWIs. With such as thick slice and the 99 DWI equivalent, you should have enough SNR even with 1.5T.<br><br>3 NEX and 3 series are equivalent in terms of SNR. The only difference is whether the scanner average the data for you or you get them saved separately. Usually, if you do 3 separate series, MR scanner can not combine them and does not offer an FA map based on the all 3 series. So, for clinical scans, you have no choice but using 3 NEX.<br>
<br>If you are using Siemens, 3NEX and 3 series are completely identical because they actually save the 3 NEX scans separately and use all of them for tensor calculation. For example, if you do 3NEX of 33-orientaiton, you can find 99 Mosaic files. They don't actually average 3 scans. So it's the same as 3 series.<br>
<br>I'm not sure how GE works. I believe if you do 3NEX of 33-orientaiton, you may get only 33 images, in which the 3 scans are already averaged. The disadvantage of this approach is, if the subject moved or one of the images are corrupted, you can not correct them once 3 images are averaged. These issues can be corrected to some degree if you are using off-line programs like DtiStudio or FSL. However, if you rely on FA map generation by the scanner, I guess you'd better use 3NEX.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Lucas Lessa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lucas_lessa@yahoo.com.br">lucas_lessa@yahoo.com.br</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Once again thank you Dr Mori.<br>and what do you think about increase the SNR in GE 1.5T scanners?<br>We only do one serie with 33 directions, but we have to use slices with 5mm thickness, and NEX 3. Is it better to do 3 series like in Phillips or push the parameters?<br>
<br><br>--- Em <b>qui, 10/12/09, susumu mori <i><<a href="mailto:susumu@mri.jhu.edu" target="_blank">susumu@mri.jhu.edu</a>></i></b> escreveu:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">
<br>De: susumu mori <<a href="mailto:susumu@mri.jhu.edu" target="_blank">susumu@mri.jhu.edu</a>><br>Assunto: Re: [Mristudio-users] Is better to do 3 DTI series or just one well done?<br>Para: "DTI Studio, ROI Editor, Landmarker Questions/Support" <<a href="mailto:mristudio-users@mristudio.org" target="_blank">mristudio-users@mristudio.org</a>><br>
Data: Quinta-feira, 10 de Dezembro de 2009, 16:59<br><br><div>I wouldn't push the resolution that much. I even hesitate to use 128x128, unless we can
use SENSE factor of 4 so that the echotrain is 128/4 =32<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Lucas Lessa <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" href="http://mc/compose?to=lucas_lessa@yahoo.com.br" target="_blank">lucas_lessa@yahoo.com.br</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Dr. Susumu Mori you helped me a lot.</div>
<div>I'm using 3 repetions of a 33 dir DTI in a Philips 1.5T (the voxel is about 2.2mm.) when I want to do an exam for a research, for the real life I use just one repetion.</div>
<div>Indeed the SNR is much better with 3 repetions, but just in DTI Studio, because Philip's software don't handle the 3 series like one.</div>
<div>What do you think in increase my resolution to 256x256 in this scanner?</div>
<div>Will the exam take so long? Can I use just 2 repetitions?</div>
<div>Thank you.</div>
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<div>Lucas Lessa.</div>
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<div><br><br>--- Em <b>qui, 10/12/09, susumu mori <i><<a rel="nofollow" href="http://mc/compose?to=susumu@mri.jhu.edu" target="_blank">susumu@mri.jhu.edu</a>></i></b> escreveu:<br></div>
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Assunto: Re: [Mristudio-users] Is better to do 3 DTI series or just one well done?<br>
Para: "DTI Studio, ROI Editor, Landmarker Questions/Support" <<a rel="nofollow" href="http://mc/compose?to=mristudio-users@mristudio.org" target="_blank">mristudio-users@mristudio.org</a>><br>Data: Quinta-feira, 10 de Dezembro de 2009, 15:22<div>
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<div>If you are using a 1.5 T scanner, I think 2.5 mm isotropic resolution is a good compromise between scanning time and SNR. With a 30-orientation scheme, you may want to do at least two repetition (total 60 DWIs) to get a decent SNR. If you want to increase the resolution, you need more dwis and a longer scanning time.<br>
<br>What is important is the total number of images, in this case 60. So, if you are using a 15-orientation scheme, you need 4 repetitions. A 30-orientation scheme should take about 4-5min in Siemens and Philips. GE may take 7-8 min in some versions because of gradient overheating precaution (TR can't be too short). So, two repetitions (total 60 dwis) should take 8-10 min in Siemens/Philips. This is certainly a long scan, especially for clinical. If time is important, you can do one repetition (total 30 dwis), scarifying the SNR. In this case, you definitely don't want to increase the resolution, which would make the
SNR worse.<br><br>For 3T, 30 dwis can give you a decent SNR with 2.5mm resolution. Or if you stick with a 60 dwis protocol, you can use 2.2 mm resolution. I have seen nice 2.0 mm resolution with the latest head coils. For 2.2 mm, you need to use 112x112 matrix. Please note that larger matrix leads to more distortion. Because 3T has larger distortion than 1.5 T, using a larger matrix in 3T is not a good idea in general. <br>
<br>Hope it helps.<br><br>Susumu<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Lucas Lessa <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" href="http://br.mc1102.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lucas_lessa@yahoo.com.br" target="_blank">lucas_lessa@yahoo.com.br</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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The other researcher brought (a think from John Hopkins) a model that uses 3 DTI series, just to increase the ratio between sign/noise.<br>The exams are taking so long and I would like to increase the resolution from 112x110 to 256x256, and maybe, 512x512.<br>
Is this a good idea? Or it's better to continue making the exams with the 3 DTI series?<br>And wich is the bennefit of doing 3 DTI series (the vendor software only uses one at a time)?<br>One more time thank you.<br>
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