Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is being increasingly utilized to assess, diagnose, and plan treatment for a variety of diseases. The ability to visualize tissue in varied contrasts in the form of MR pulse sequences in a single scan provides valuable insights to physicians, as well as enabling automated systems perfor…
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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…
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.
Automated detection of MS lesions improves to 67% with 7T MRI.
problem Accurate detection of small, scarce cortical lesions in MS patients.
method 3D U-Net with brain tissue segmentation, supervised training on 7T MRI.
result 67% lesion detection rate with 42% false positives.
The paper generates future brain imaging sequences for Alzheimer's disease detection.
problem Understanding brain aging and neurodegenerative diseases through sequential image data.
method Formulated a min-max problem based on -divergence to learn a time series generator using a deep neural network.
result Generated image sequences converge to the latent truth under specific conditions, enhancing downstream tasks like Alzheimer's disease detection.
Deep Learning Enables Automatic Detection and Segmentation of Brain Metastases on Multi-Sequence MRIeess.IV
Detecting and segmenting brain metastases is a tedious and time-consuming task for many radiologists, particularly with the growing use of multi-sequence 3D imaging. This study demonstrates automated detection and segmentation of brain metastases on multi-sequence MRI using a deep learning approach based on a fully con…
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.
A novel multi-resolution cluster detection (MCD) method is proposed to identify irregularly shaped clusters in space. Multi-scale test statistic on a single cell is derived based on likelihood ratio statistic for Bernoulli sequence, Poisson sequence and Normal sequence. A neighborhood variability measure is defined to …
DeepRF_SLR uses deep reinforcement learning to design shorter RF pulses.
problem Designing efficient RF pulses for MRI sequences.
method Optimizing the root pattern of SLR polynomial using deep reinforcement learning and greedy tree search.
result DeepRF_SLR generates shorter duration RF pulses in less time compared to conventional methods.
The clinical management of several cardiovascular conditions, such as pulmonary hypertension, require the assessment of the right ventricular (RV) function. This work addresses the fully automatic and robust access to one of the key RV biomarkers, its ejection fraction, from the gold standard imaging modality, MRI. The…
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.
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.
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.
Ischaemic stroke is a medical condition caused by occlusion of blood supply to the brain tissue thus forming a lesion. A lesion is zoned into a core associated with irreversible necrosis typically located at the center of the lesion, while reversible hypoxic changes in the outer regions of the lesion are termed as the …
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.
MRI Parameter Mapping via Gaussian Mixture VAE: Breaking the Assumption of Independent Pixelseess.IV
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.
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.
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.
We propose an input design method for a general class of parametric probabilistic models, including nonlinear dynamical systems with process noise. The goal of the procedure is to select inputs such that the parameter posterior distribution concentrates about the true value of the parameters; however, exact computation…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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), …
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.
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.
In this work we reduce undersampling artefacts in two-dimensional () golden-angle radial cine cardiac MRI by applying a modified version of the U-net. We train the network on spatio-temporal slices which are previously extracted from the image sequences. We compare our approach to two and a Deep Lear…
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…
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.
Challenge aims to develop automated meningioma MRI segmentation models.
problem Lack of automated, objective tools for meningioma assessment.
method Develop and evaluate models on largest annotated dataset.
result Improved care of patients with meningioma through automated segmentation.
Generative models of MRI-derived neuroimaging features and associated dataset of 18,000 samplesq-bio.QM
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.
Geometric Approaches to Increase the Expressivity of Deep Neural Networks for MR Reconstructioncs.CV
Enhances deep neural networks for MRI reconstruction by increasing expressivity.
problem Balancing network complexity and performance in deep learning MRI reconstruction.
method Geometric approach using bootstrapping and subnetwork aggregation with attention module.
result Significant improvement in MRI reconstruction performance with minimal complexity increase.
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.
Deep learning predicts response to HER2-targeted breast cancer therapy.
problem Predicting response to HER2-targeted neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
method Developed and validated a deep learning approach using pre-treatment dynamic breast MRI.
result Deep learning model achieved strong performance in predicting pathological complete response.