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Mathematical Analysis of “Phase Ramping” for Super-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Image Analysis and Recognition (ICIAR 2006)

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Super-resolution image processing algorithms are based on the principle that repeated imaging together with information about the acquisition process may be used to enhance spatial resolution. In the usual implementation, a series of low-resolution images shifted by typically subpixel distances are acquired. The pixels of these low-resolution images are then interleaved and modeled as a blurred image of higher resolution and the same field-of-view. A high-resolution image is then obtained using a standard deconvolution algorithm. Although this approach has been applied in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), some controversy has surfaced regarding the validity and circumstances under which super-resolution may be applicable. We investigate the factors that limit the applicability of super-resolution MRI.

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  1. Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada

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Mayer, G.S., Vrscay, E.R. (2006). Mathematical Analysis of “Phase Ramping” for Super-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging. In: Campilho, A., Kamel, M.S. (eds) Image Analysis and Recognition. ICIAR 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4141. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11867586_8

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