Prospective Motion Correction for 3D-EPI fMRI using Orbital Navigators and Linear Regression

We propose to apply a navigator-based prospective motion correction method to 3D-EPI fMRI scans. The method is investigated during in-vivo volunteer experiments with and without intentional motion. Post-processing with SPM12 shows that head motion is largely compensated by the navigator method. We show that the technique is sensitive to breathing motion and cardioballistic motion by comparing to physiological measurements from a breathing belt and pulse oximeter, and we show that it strongly reduces inter-volume displacements.