diff --git a/paper/paper.md b/paper/paper.md index 8bee8b6e..bff6332f 100644 --- a/paper/paper.md +++ b/paper/paper.md @@ -37,33 +37,32 @@ bibliography: paper.bib # Summary -Tomographic imaging methods allow to visualize the interior of the human body in a -non-invasive way. Most prominent examples used for medical diagnosis are the +Tomographic imaging methods allow visualizing the interior of the human body in a +non-invasive way. The most prominent examples used for medical diagnosis are computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). -In 2015 [@Gleich2005], Bernhard Gleich and Jürgen Weizenecker introduced a new tomographic -imaging method named Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) that allows to image +In 2015, Bernhard Gleich and Jürgen Weizenecker [@Gleich2005] introduced a new tomographic +imaging method named Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) that allows imaging the 3D distribution of magnetic nanoparticles (MNP) in realtime [@knopp2012magnetic; @knopp2017magnetic]. -The MNP can be injected intravenously and allow to image the vessel tree as well -as organ perfusion [@graser2019human]. The MNPs are harmless for the human body and are degraded in the +The MNPs can be injected intravenously and allow imaging the vessel tree as well +as organ perfusion [@graser2019human]. The MNPs are harmless to the human body and are degraded in the liver. -When working with an MPI scanner different datasets are involved. In addition to the raw data, which consist of the induced voltage signals, a calibration dataset is required to reconstruct the particle concentration. The latter describes the physical relationship between the particle concentration and the measurement signal and is usually recorded in MPI with a delta-shaped point sample. +When working with an MPI scanner, different datasets are involved. In addition to the raw data, consisting of the induced voltage signals, a calibration dataset is required to reconstruct the particle concentration. The latter describes the physical relationship between the particle concentration and the measurement signal and is usually recorded in MPI with a delta-shaped point sample. The software package ``MPIFiles.jl`` provides an interface to all these data types. Besides the proprietary data format recorded with MPI scanners from Bruker, ``MPIFiles.jl`` implements the vendor-independent Magnetic Particle Imaging -Data Format (MDF)[@knopp2016MDF], which is based on HDF5 and was developed with the aim to standardize data storage in MPI. Each data format implements a common interface and enables the user to write generic code for different file types. Besides the read and write capability for different data formats, ``MPIFiles.jl`` also offers the possibility of converting different data formats into each other. +Data Format (MDF)[@knopp2016MDF], which is based on HDF5 and was developed with the aim of standardizing data storage in MPI. Each data format implements a common interface and enables the user to write generic code for different file types. In addition to the read and write capability for different data formats, ``MPIFiles.jl`` also offers the possibility of converting between different data formats. ``MPIFiles.jl`` supports the following types of MPI data * measurements -* calibration data, i.e. system matrices +* calibration data, i.e., system matrices * reconstruction results -In addition to a low level access to the data, the package also features -high level routines providing various post-processing methods such as +In addition to low-level access to the data, the package also features +high-level routines providing various post-processing methods such as frequency filtering, spectral leakage correction, block-averaging, and transfer function correction. The API of ``MPIFiles.jl`` is based on the parameter names of the MDF specification, so that the latter can be used as a reference for the description of parameters and their dimensionality. -``MPIFiles.jl`` is licensed under the MIT license and hosted on Github at -https://github.com/MagneticParticleImaging/MPIFiles.jl. +``MPIFiles.jl`` is licensed under the MIT license. # References