Quantization improvement in MRI using dual quantizers.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
The quantization of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data can cause information loss due to quantizer/data mismatch. The authors address a method for improved quantization as well as techniques for measuring the improvement in such methods. A dual quantizer scheme is described and simulated which is fast and more accurately quantizes MRI data than conventional methods. The approach is to use two quantizers, one for the high-level data and one for the low-level data. This adaptive, dual quantization scheme is simple and provides significant improvements in image quality, especially for three-dimensional (3-D) acquisition. Results are given which show how well the low frequencies are represented and indicate the increased fidelity of the high-frequency components. These results show a significant improvement in signal-to-noise ratio as well as in detection tasks for both noiseless data and data which include varying amounts of system noise.