返回
Accelerating CEST imaging using a model-based deep neural network with synthetic training data
DOI:10.1002/mrm.29889.png)
摘要
En 中文
Purpose: To develop a model-based deep neural network for high-quality image reconstruction of undersampled multi-coil CEST data. Theory and Methods: Inspired by the variational network (VN), the CEST image reconstruction equation is unrolled into a deep neural network (CEST-VN) with a k-space data-sharing block that takes advantage of the inherent redundancy in adjacent CEST frames and 3D spatial-frequential convolution kernels that exploit correlations in the x-omega domain. Additionally, a new pipeline based on multiple-pool Bloch-McConnell simulations is devised to synthesize multi-coil CEST data from publicly available anatomical MRI data. The proposed network is trained on simulated data with a CEST-specific loss function that jointly measures the structural and CEST contrast. The performance of CEST-VN was evaluated on four healthy volunteers and five brain tumor patients using retrospectively or prospectively undersampled data with various acceleration factors, and then compared with other conventional and state-of-the-art reconstruction methods. Results: The proposed CEST-VN method generated high-quality CEST source images and amide proton transfer-weighted maps in healthy and brain tumor subjects, consistently outperforming GRAPPA, blind compressed sensing, and the original VN. With the acceleration factors increasing from 3 to 6, CEST-VN with the same hyperparameters yielded similar and accurate reconstruction without apparent loss of details or increase of artifacts. The ablation studies confirmed the effectiveness of the CEST-specific loss function and data-sharing block used. Conclusions: The proposed CEST-VN method can offer high-quality CEST source images and amide proton transfer-weighted maps from highly undersampled multi-coil data by integrating the deep learning prior and multi-coil sensitivity encoding model.
Keyword:
CEST
deep learning
fast MRI
image reconstruction
variational network
期刊
IF:
3
论文数:
1.2W
被引数:
3.1W
机构
引用论文
Accelerating chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI by combining compressed sensing and sensitivity encoding techniques通过结合压缩传感和灵敏度编码技术加速化学交换饱和转移 (CEST) MRI
Review and consensus recommendations on clinical APT-weighted imaging approaches at 3T: Application to brain tumors关于3t临床APT加权成像方法的回顾和共识建议: 在脑肿瘤中的应用
Chronic Endotoxemia in Subjects with Type-1 Diabetes Is Seen Much before the Onset of Microvascular Complications
PLOS ONE
IF0

