Author:
Chuang Kai-Hsiang,Wu Pei-Huan,Li Zengmin,Fan Kang-Hsing,Weng Jun-Cheng
Abstract
AbstractMagnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has been widely used to acquire structural and functional information about the brain. In a group- or voxel-wise analysis, it is essential to correct the bias field of the radiofrequency coil and to extract the brain for accurate registration to the brain template. Although automatic methods have been developed, manual editing is still required, particularly for echo-planar imaging (EPI) due to its lower spatial resolution and larger geometric distortion. The needs of user interventions slow down data processing and lead to variable results between operators. Deep learning networks have been successfully used for automatic postprocessing. However, most networks are only designed for a specific processing and/or single image contrast (e.g., spin-echo or gradient-echo). This limitation markedly restricts the application and generalization of deep learning tools. To address these limitations, we developed a deep learning network based on the generative adversarial net (GAN) to automatically correct coil inhomogeneity and extract the brain from both spin- and gradient-echo EPI without user intervention. Using various quantitative indices, we show that this method achieved high similarity to the reference target and performed consistently across datasets acquired from rodents. These results highlight the potential of deep networks to integrate different postprocessing methods and adapt to different image contrasts. The use of the same network to process multimodality data would be a critical step toward a fully automatic postprocessing pipeline that could facilitate the analysis of large datasets with high consistency.
Funder
Australian Research Council
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Cited by
2 articles.
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