The development of Inter-/intra-volume motion correction algorithm for fMRI using a custom MRI acquisition with prospectively injected motion.

In this study, we propose the new inter-/intra-volume motion correction algorithm. To test the proposed method, we modify simulated Prospective Acquisition CorrEcted (SIMPACE) EPI sequence and inject both inter- and intra-volume motion during actual EPI acquisition. Using ex-vivo brain phantom, we synthesize inter-/intra volume motion corrupted MR data. We evaluate the proposed method, compared to volume motion correction method. We find that the proposed inter-/intra-volume method outperforms volume motion correction method.