MRISim:A Software Package of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Simulator

doi:10.11938/cjmr20182673

Abstract

Abstract: A software package, MRISim, for virtual magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data acquisition and image reconstruction was developed based on numerical simulation techniques. Virtual MRI data acquisition could be achieved through physical-mathematical modeling of the equipment and samples (i.e., phantom or human body). Image reconstruction of the virtual data was performed in the same manner as that in a real desktop MRI scanner. The software could also be applied for visualization of the features and causes of a variety of MRI artifacts, with the acquisition and processing parameters in the real experiments. MRISim was demonstrated as an efficient and reliable tool to conduct virtual MRI experiments, avoiding high expense of MRI training on real instruments.

Key words: numerical computation simulation, data acquisition, image reconstruction, magnetic resonance imaging simulator, artifact analysis

CLC Number:

O482.53

WANG Hong-zhi, SHI Qun-yan, MIAO Zhi-ying, CHEN Shan-shan, XIA Tian. MRISim:A Software Package of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Simulator[J]. Chinese Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 2019, 36(2): 225-237.

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