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Self-supervised IVIM DWI parameter estimation with a physics based forward model
DOI:10.1002/mrm.28989.png)
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Purpose To assess the robustness and repeatability of intravoxel incoherent motion model (IVIM) parameter estimation for the diffusion-weighted MRI in the abdominal organs under the constraints of noisy diffusion signal using a novel neural network method. Methods Clinically acquired abdominal scans of Crohn's disease patients were retrospectively analyzed with regions segmented in the kidney cortex, spleen, liver, and bowel. A novel IVIM parameter fitting method based on the principle of a physics guided self-supervised convolutional neural network that does not require reference parameter estimates for training was compared to a conventional non-linear least squares (NNLS) algorithm, and a voxelwise trained artificial neural network (ANN). Results Results showed substantial increase in parameter robustness to the noise corrupted signal. In an intra-session repeatability experiment, the proposed method showed reduced coefficient of variation (CoV) over multiple acquisitions in comparison to conventional NLLS method and comparable performance to ANN. The use of D and f estimates from the proposed method led to the smallest misclassification error in linear discriminant analysis for characterization between normal and abnormal Crohn's disease bowel tissue. The fitting of D* parameter remains to be challenging. Conclusion The proposed method yields robust estimates of D and f IVIM parameters under the constraints of noisy diffusion signal. This indicates a potential for the use of the proposed method in conjunction with accelerated DW-MRI acquisition strategies, which would typically result in lower signal to noise ratio.
Keyword:
abdominal
diffusion
IVIM
parameter estimation
pediatric
self-supervised
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