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.
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.
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.
Paper improves MRI reconstruction by separating target labels and prediction error.
problem Improving MRI reconstruction accuracy by estimating prediction error.
method Proposes a novel method to estimate target labels and prediction error separately.
result Significantly better MRI reconstruction results achieved compared to state-of-the-art methods.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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), …
Obtaining magnetic resonance images (MRI) with high resolution and generating quantitative image-based biomarkers for assessing tissue biochemistry is crucial in clinical and research applications. How- ever, acquiring quantitative biomarkers requires high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), which is at odds with high-resolut…
High predictive performance and ease of use and interpretability are important requirements for the applicability of a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) to human reading studies. We propose a CAD system specifically designed to be more comprehensible to the radiologist reviewing screening breast MRI studies. Multiparametr…
Generative models create synthetic MRI brain scans for research.
problem Lack of large, diverse medical datasets for machine learning.
method Training generative models on 40,000 MRI scans to produce 18,000 synthetic samples.
result Generated samples improve machine learning model accuracy.
Survey of structured low-rank algorithms for MR signal recovery.
problem Recovering multidimensional signals from few non-uniform measurements.
method Structured low-rank matrix completion formulation.
result Performance guarantees and fast algorithms for large-scale MR problems.
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.
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.
Time-resolved angiography with interleaved stochastic trajectories (TWIST) has been widely used for dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI). To achieve highly accelerated acquisitions, TWIST combines the periphery of the k-space data from several adjacent frames to reconstruct one temporal frame. However, this view-sha…
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.
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.
Un-trained neural networks outperform trained methods in MRI reconstruction.
problem Accelerated MRI reconstruction with minimal training data.
method Variation of Deep Decoder without training data.
result Un-trained approach significantly outperforms other methods in reconstruction accuracy.
Kidney function evaluation using dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) images could help in diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases of children. Automatic segmentation of renal parenchyma is an important step in this process. In this paper, we propose a time and memory efficient fully automated segmentation method…
SFCNeXt estimates brain age from small MRI datasets.
problem Efficiently estimating brain age from limited MRI data.
method Simple fully convolutional network (SFCNeXt) with SPEC and HRL.
result SFCNeXt outperforms complex models in small sample size scenarios.
New deep learning method improves 4D Flow MRI super-resolution under domain shift.
problem Domain shift in low-resolution 4D Flow MRI data.
method Distributional deep learning framework for domain generalization.
result Framework significantly outperforms traditional methods in real data applications.
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.
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.
MosaicMRI expands public datasets for musculoskeletal MRI, revealing cross-anatomical correlations.
problem Limited diversity in public MRI datasets hinders model evaluation across different anatomical settings.
method Developed a large, diverse dataset (MosaicMRI) and conducted experiments on a baseline model (VarNet).
result Models trained on combined anatomies outperform anatomy-specific models in low-sample regimes.
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 …
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.
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…
Deep-SLR reduces SLR complexity with CNN, enabling efficient parallel MRI.
problem High computational complexity in SLR matrix completion.
method Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) trained to estimate annihilation relations from imperfect k-space measurements.
result Significant reduction in runtime by three orders of magnitude compared to SLR schemes.
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.
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…
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.
This paper puts forth a novel bi-linear modeling framework for data recovery via manifold-learning and sparse-approximation arguments and considers its application to dynamic magnetic-resonance imaging (dMRI). Each temporal-domain MR image is viewed as a point that lies onto or close to a smooth manifold, and landmark …
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.
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.
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…
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.
InVA models image outcomes from multiple modalities, outperforming standard VAEs.
problem Understanding relationships across multiple imaging modalities in neuroimaging.
method Integrative Variational Autoencoder (InVA) framework for image-on-image regression.
result InVA accurately predicts PET scans from structural MRI, outperforming conventional models.
A method for MRI brain tumor segmentation using feature vectors and kernel dictionary learning.
problem Segmenting brain tumor regions in MRI images.
method Extracting feature vectors, training kernel dictionaries, and selecting informative feature vectors.
result The method outperforms other methods in segmentation accuracy and reduces training time.
A deep learning framework segments deep cerebellar nuclei from 7T MRI, improving accuracy and consistency.
problem Challenging to accurately segment small deep cerebellar nuclei using standard MRI protocols.
method Proposes DCN-Net, a deep learning framework that encodes contextual information and handles imbalanced data.
result Improves segmentation accuracy and consistency compared to existing methods.
Bayesian CNN estimates uncertainty in bone age prediction.
problem Uncertainty quantification in age estimation models.
method Variational Inference for Bayesian CNNs.
result Model uncertainty distinguished from data uncertainty.
Recent sparse MRI reconstruction models have used Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) to reconstruct relatively high-quality images from highly undersampled k-space data, enabling much faster MRI scanning. However, these techniques sometimes struggle to reconstruct sharp images that preserve fine detail while maintaining a nat…