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Abstract #2481

Joint Inference of Field Inhomogeneities with Fat Likelihood Estimation from Three Echoes

Wenmiao Lu1, Yi Lu2

1Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States; 2Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States

This work presents a joint inference algorithm which effectively combines the field map smoothness constraint and the fat likelihood estimated from three echoes. This technique is potentially useful for motion-sensitive applications, such as liver fat quantification.

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