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A Reconstruction Program for Radial Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data. Jessica Bernier. The Bruker Biospec 7 Tesla Small animal MRI scanner. Histology Section. MRI image. Motivation: Alzheimer’s Research. Control. PS/APP.
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A Reconstruction Program for Radial Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data Jessica Bernier The Bruker Biospec 7 Tesla Small animal MRI scanner
Histology Section MRI image Motivation: Alzheimer’s Research Control PS/APP Images of the ex vivo brain, reconstructed with FBPR. Dark spots correspond to the presence of Aβ plaque.
ky y kx x Fourier Transforms(on a need-to-know basis)
Results of the 2D NUFFT Complex Magnitude FBPR NUFFT
Future Work Acknowledgments • Density compensation for radially accelerated data • Apply to UTE pulse sequence • M.I.T! • Dr. Ted Trouard, my Honors Thesis supervisor • John Totenhagen and Eriko Yoshimaru • UBRP (Undergraduate Biology Research Program)