# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

August  2014, 8(3): 925-937. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2014.8.925

## Weighted-average alternating minimization method for magnetic resonance image reconstruction based on compressive sensing

 1 School of Science, Communication University of China, Beijing, 100024, China, China, China 2 Department of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China

Received  August 2012 Revised  August 2013 Published  August 2014

The problem of compressive-sensing (CS) L2-L1-TV reconstruction of magnetic resonance (MR) scans from undersampled $k$-space data has been addressed in numerous studies. However, the regularization parameters in models of CS L2-L1-TV reconstruction are rarely studied. Once the regularization parameters are given, the solution for an MR reconstruction model is fixed and is less effective in the case of strong noise. To overcome this shortcoming, we present a new alternating formulation to replace the standard L2-L1-TV reconstruction model. A weighted-average alternating minimization method is proposed based on this new formulation and a convergence analysis of the method is carried out. The advantages of and the motivation for the proposed alternating formulation are explained. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed formulation yields better reconstruction results in the case of strong noise and can improve image reconstruction via flexible parameter selection.
Citation: Yonggui Zhu, Yuying Shi, Bin Zhang, Xinyan Yu. Weighted-average alternating minimization method for magnetic resonance image reconstruction based on compressive sensing. Inverse Problems & Imaging, 2014, 8 (3) : 925-937. doi: 10.3934/ipi.2014.8.925
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