Deep learning improves MRI analysis of MSK disorders.
problem Accurate and rapid analysis of musculoskeletal disorders from MRI scans.
method Convolutional neural networks (CNN) for automatic classification of knee abnormalities.
result Multi-view deep learning showed promising performance in classifying MSK abnormalities.
Image reconstruction from undersampled k-space data has been playing an important role for fast MRI. Recently, deep learning has demonstrated tremendous success in various fields and also shown potential to significantly speed up MR reconstruction with reduced measurements. This article gives an overview of deep learni…
This study benchmarks algorithms for automatic segmentation of LGE-MRI images of the left atrium.
problem Challenging segmentation of LGE-MRI images due to low contrast.
method Organized a large-scale benchmarking challenge with 154 3D LGE-MRIs and 27 teams.
result Top method achieved 93.2% dice score and 0.7 mm mean surface to surface distance.
3D CNN accurately classifies infant neurodevelopmental age from MRI scans.
problem Estimating neurodevelopmental age in infants from MRI data.
method 3D Convolutional Neural Network (3D CNN) trained on MRI images of 112 infants.
result 3D CNN achieves 99% sensitivity and 98.3% specificity in age classification.
3D CNNs interpret brain MRI differences between men and women.
problem Interpreting 3D CNNs for voxel-wise brain MRI analysis.
method Three interpretation methods: Meaningful Perturbations, Grad CAM, and Guided Backpropagation.
result Voxel-wise 3D CNN interpretation of brain MRI data.
GNNs improve brain activity forecasting in fMRI studies.
problem Understanding neural dynamics in the brain.
method Comparison of GNN architectures for modeling fMRI data.
result GNNs outperform VAR models in robustly scaling to large network studies.
New method extracts brain age from MRI sequences over time.
problem Lack of ground-truth labels in longitudinal neuroimaging data.
method Combines factor disentanglement with self-supervised learning.
result Extracts brain age information from MRI sequences.
The ability of having a sparse representation for a certain class of signals has many applications in data analysis, image processing, and other research fields. Among sparse representations, the cosparse analysis model has recently gained increasing interest. Many signals exhibit a multidimensional structure, e.g. ima…
MRI image quality affects statistical and predictive analysis of brain morphology.
problem Impact of MRI image quality on statistical and predictive analysis of brain morphology.
method Systematic testing of image quality on univariate statistics and machine learning classification using three large datasets.
result Low-quality MRI data significantly affects detecting significant sex/gender differences in smaller samples, but not in larger ones.
Study evaluates MRIQC pipeline's generalization on large multi-center datasets.
problem Generalizing MRI QC methods to new, unseen data.
method Evaluated MRIQC preprocessing steps on ABIDE and CATI datasets.
result Model without preprocessing yields best results on unseen data.
XPDNet wins MRI reconstruction challenge with neural network.
problem MRI reconstruction from under-sampled data.
method Inspired by MRI and computer vision best practices, XPDNet uses a neural network.
result XPDNet achieved state-of-the-art results in the 2020 fastMRI challenge.
Improves MRI-based brain surface reconstruction with minimal deformation energy loss.
problem Ensuring optimal deformation energy and consistency in learning-based cortical surface reconstruction.
method Design and implementation of a Minimal Energy Deformation (MED) loss in the V2C-Flow model.
result Significant improvements in training consistency and reproducibility without sacrificing reconstruction accuracy and topological correctness.
NAS improves gliomas segmentation on MRI scans.
problem Designing optimal deep learning architectures for brain tumor segmentation.
method Neural architecture search with probabilistic parameter learning for MRI brain tumor segmentation.
result Two optimal neural architectures for brain tumor segmentation were discovered.
Deep CITs test conditional independence in images, improving brain MRI scan analysis.
problem Testing conditional independence in complex, high-dimensional variables like images.
method Combines embedding maps and nonparametric CITs for feature representations.
result Valid DNCITs for brain MRI scans and behavioral traits, confirming null results.
Anatomical and biophysical modeling of left atrium (LA) and proximal pulmonary veins (PPVs) is important for clinical management of several cardiac diseases. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allows qualitative assessment of LA and PPVs through visualization. However, there is a strong need for an advanced image segment…
Generative adversarial networks reconstruct MRI images without full data.
problem Lack of fully-sampled ground truth data for supervised MRI reconstruction.
method Generative adversarial networks for unsupervised MRI reconstruction.
result Reconstructed images show more anatomical structure than conventional methods.
This study uses CNN-IOs to estimate MRI image reconstruction performance bounds.
problem Estimating task-based performance limits for MRI image reconstruction methods.
method Utilized stylized multi-coil SENSE MRI systems and deep-generated stochastic models to estimate IO performance.
result Estimation of IO performance provides guidance for designing under-sampled MRI systems.
Radiomics approach improves cardiac CVD diagnosis from cine-MRI.
problem Inaccurate expert visualization or clinical indices for CVD classification.
method Estimating radiomic features from cine-MRI, feature selection, advanced machine learning.
result Radiomics features correctly classified 100 cases of five cardiac classes.
What has happened in machine learning lately, and what does it mean for the future of medical image analysis? Machine learning has witnessed a tremendous amount of attention over the last few years. The current boom started around 2009 when so-called deep artificial neural networks began outperforming other established…
New MRI method maps tissue parameters more accurately by ignoring voxel independence.
problem Voxel independence assumption limits model fitting reliability and repeatability.
method Self-supervised deep variational approach with Gaussian mixture prior.
result Our method outperforms current techniques in dMRI simulations and real data.
Study characterizes bladder motion using dynamic MRI and statistical analysis.
problem Limited volume coverage in dynamic MRI sequences hinders 3D shape reconstruction.
method 3D dense velocity measurements, LDDMM framework, statistical characterization, mean curvature changes, surface deformation analysis.
result Stable shape descriptor for characterizing bladder surface dynamics.
StaPLR improves Alzheimer's disease classification by identifying important MRI scan types and measures.
problem Classifying Alzheimer's disease using multi-source MRI data.
method Stacked penalized logistic regression (StaPLR) with hierarchical multi-view structure and new view importance measure.
result StaPLR identifies the most important MRI scan types and measures for Alzheimer's disease classification.
Background and Purpose: Biopsy is the main determinants of glioma clinical management, but require invasive sampling that fail to detect relevant features because of tumor heterogeneity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of a voxel-wise, multiparametric MRI radiomic method to predict features and d…
Deep learning improves MRI image quality from down-sampled data.
problem Improving MRI image quality from accelerated, down-sampled k-space data.
method Deep Residual Dense U-Net architecture with Residual Dense Block and new loss function.
result The proposed method achieves better performance in reconstructing high-quality images from down-sampled k-space data.
Deep-learning model detects ASD from MRI data with high accuracy.
problem Challenges in diagnosing ASD due to subjective behavioral assessments and informant biases.
method Integrates deep-learning and SVM techniques to classify ASD brain scans.
result Highly accurate classification of ASD brain scans from neurotypical scans.
A fast deep learning method for parallel MRI without calibration.
problem Calibration issues in parallel MRI reconstruction.
method Model-based deep learning, self-learning non-linear annihilation filters, Fourier domain pre-learning.
result Significantly faster than SLR methods (3 orders of magnitude), improved performance with spatial domain prior.
Bayesian CNN improves MRI stroke diagnosis accuracy and uncertainty quantification.
problem Uncertainty quantification in automated image analysis for medical decision-making.
method Bayesian Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) with aggregation methods for patient-level diagnoses.
result Bayesian CNN achieved 95.33% accuracy on 511 patients, 2% higher than non-Bayesian.
Diffusion MRI is the modality of choice to study alterations of white matter. In past years, various works have used diffusion MRI for automatic classification of AD. However, classification performance obtained with different approaches is difficult to compare and these studies are also difficult to reproduce. In the …
CSGM framework applied to clinical MRI data for robust reconstructions.
problem Applying deep generative priors to clinical MRI data for high-quality reconstructions.
method Training a generative prior on brain scans from the fastMRI dataset and using Langevin dynamics for posterior sampling.
result Posterior sampling via Langevin dynamics achieves high quality reconstructions in clinical MRI data.
New neural network improves MRI reconstruction for non-Cartesian data.
problem Improving MRI reconstruction for non-Cartesian data acquisitions.
method Density-compensated unrolled neural networks.
result Density-compensated unrolled neural networks outperform baselines.
Non-invasive detection of cardiovascular disorders from radiology scans requires quantitative image analysis of the heart and its substructures. There are well-established measurements that radiologists use for diseases assessment such as ejection fraction, volume of four chambers, and myocardium mass. These measuremen…
This study improves lung tumor segmentation in mice MRI scans with nnU-Net, reducing annotation needs.
problem Accurate lung tumor segmentation in mice MRI scans for drug discovery.
method Optimized nnU-Net 3D model for lung tumor segmentation with minimal annotations.
result nnU-Net 3D models outperform 2D models in MRI mice scans, requiring fewer annotations.
In compressed sensing MRI (CS-MRI), k-space measurements are under-sampled to achieve accelerated scan times. CS-MRI presents two fundamental problems: (1) where to sample and (2) how to reconstruct an under-sampled scan. In this paper, we tackle both problems simultaneously for the specific case of 2D Cartesian sampli…
Accelerating Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) by taking fewer measurements has the potential to reduce medical costs, minimize stress to patients and make MRI possible in applications where it is currently prohibitively slow or expensive. We introduce the fastMRI dataset, a large-scale collection of both raw MR measure…
New method MRI improves machine learning models' ability to generalize to unseen data.
problem Machine learning models often fail to generalize well to out-of-distribution data.
method Introduces a new notion of invariance (MRI) and a practical version (MRI-v1) to improve model generalization.
result MRI-v1 guarantees invariant predictors and outperforms IRM-v1 in various settings.
New method optimizes MRI sampling patterns for faster scans.
problem Accelerate MRI scans without sacrificing image quality.
method Joint learning of adaptive sampling patterns and model-based recovery.
result Improved MR image quality compared to other methods.
MRI identifies chronic symptoms in mTBI patients.
problem Chronic symptoms in mTBI patients are hard to characterize.
method Multi-parametric MRI and low-dimensional projection.
result MRI metrics correlate with patient symptoms.
Paper introduces a nonparametric functional graphical model for random functions.
problem Estimating probabilistic conditional independence in functional graphical models.
method Functional sufficient dimension reduction to relax Gaussian or copula Gaussian assumptions.
result Enhances estimation accuracy and retains probabilistic conditional independence.
New method removes MRI banding without post-processing.
problem MRI banding in reconstructed images.
method Adversarial training to penalize banding structures.
result Superior banding removal compared to baseline.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely used in clinical practice, but it has been traditionally limited by its slow data acquisition. Recent advances in compressed sensing (CS) techniques for MRI reduce acquisition time while maintaining high image quality. Whereas classical CS assumes the images are sparse in know…
Proposes a new sparse recovery method using generalized error function.
problem Sparse recovery in signal processing and imaging.
method Introduces a penalty function with shape and scale parameters for sparse recovery.
result The method improves MRI reconstruction and is theoretically sound.
Local semi-supervised method improves brain tissue classification in child MRI.
problem Inaccurate detection of brain tissue classes due to intensity variations in early developing brains.
method Kernel Fisher Discriminant Analysis (KFDA) combined with SSIM for perceptual image quality assessment.
result Optimal brain partitioning into subdomains with different average intensity values and separating surfaces between brain parts.
Machine learning for ASD diagnosis using morphological MRI networks.
problem Challenging to diagnose ASD using MRI due to heterogeneity and incomplete network neuroscience.
method Crowdsourced Kaggle competition to develop and benchmark ML pipelines.
result First-ranked team achieved 70% accuracy, 72.5% sensitivity, and 67.5% specificity.
A central question for active learning (AL) is: "what is the optimal selection?" Defining optimality by classifier loss produces a new characterisation of optimal AL behaviour, by treating expected loss reduction as a statistical target for estimation. This target forms the basis of model retraining improvement (MRI), …
The paper characterizes brain states and transitions using functional MRI data.
problem Characterizing the dynamic reconfiguration of neural systems in brain states.
method Bayesian model-based characterization of latent brain states and posterior predictive discrepancy using the latent block model.
result The model detects transitions between latent brain states and identifies distinctive community patterns in task-fMRI data.
SegAN-CAT improves brain tumor segmentation in MRI using adversarial networks.
problem Improving brain tumor segmentation accuracy in MRI.
method Adversarial Networks, transfer learning, single modality MRI.
result Transfer learning improves single modality MRI segmentation performance.
Paper extends 2D ZSAD to 3D MRI without training, achieving robust anomaly detection.
problem Challenges in extending zero-shot anomaly detection to 3D medical images.
method Constructs localized volumetric tokens by aggregating 2D slices processed by 2D foundation models.
result Training-free, batch-based ZSAD effectively extends from 2D encoders to full 3D MRI volumes.
IFR-Net improves MRI images with faster, better detail recovery.
problem Fine structure loss in high-speed MRI scans.
method Iterative feature refinement network with trainable parameters and CNN-based inversion blocks.
result Preserves image details and structural information with faster reconstruction.