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Objective: For low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in unshielded environment, existing methods have been proposed to eliminate electromagnetic interference (EMI) noise in each single radio-frequency (RF) receive coil. In the present study, we propose to use the EMI information from multiple MRI receive coils collectively in EMI denoising. Methods: The proposed method leverages the information of inter-channel correlation, including EMI detectors and RF receive coils to remove EMI noise. Calibration signals from both EMI detectors and RF receivers are concatenated to determine a de-correlation matrix, which is then used to denoise MRI signals. Results: Saline phantom and in vivo experiments demonstrated the efficacy of the proposed method in EMI elimination, showing that the proposed method outperformed advanced EMI elimination methods with up to 16.34% improvement in EMI noise removal percentage (NRP) and 1.58dB improvement in signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), along with reduced computational times. Conclusion: The proposed method effectively removes EMI noise and shows improved performance by using information from all receive coils. Significance: This method allows for the design of multi-receive coils for low-field MRI such as phased-arrays, which have the potential to enhance the performance in noise removal and improve the SNR in MRI signal acquisition. © 2025 IEEE.
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IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
ISSN: 0018-9294
Year: 2025
Issue: 7
Volume: 72
Page: 2095-2104
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