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September 17, 2025

Liver Proton Density Fat Fraction (PDFF) at 0.55T Using Locally Low-Rank Deep Learning (LLR-DL) Reconstruction

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Precise PDFF quantification achieved with a reproducibility coefficient of 0.23%, indicating strong reliability.
High SNR images produced using a multi-echo dixon sequence in combination with deep learning methods.
Low-field MRI at 0.55T shows significant improvements in imaging compared to conventional methods at 1.5T.
The approach enables accurate assessment of fatty liver diseases, addressing the growing needs from new medications.

Abstract

Motivation: New medications like Resmetirom have increased the demand to assess fatty liver diseases with Proton Density Fat Fraction (PDFF) MRI. Imaging at low-field can help meet this demand but is challenging due to low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Goal(s): Provide a framework to reconstruct high SNR images and precise PDFF and R2* maps. Approach: Develop and compare multi-echo Dixon sequence with joint deep learning (DL)-based reconstruction of multiple contrasts at 0.55T with the established approach at 1.5T. Results: High SNR images reflected in the PDFF precision reaching a reproducibility coefficient of 0.23% and 1.52%, compared to 3.14% and 4.48% achieved using conventional parallel imaging. Impact: Multi-echo Dixon acquisitions with short echo times combined with iterative DL-based reconstruction using locally low-rank regularization yields high SNR images. This approach enables precise PDFF quantification and provides high-SNR R2* maps at 0.55T.

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Liver Proton Density Fat Fraction (PDFF) at 0.55T Using Locally Low-Rank Deep Learning (LLR-DL) Reconstruction

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