Grussu, F;
Blumberg, S;
Battiston, M;
Kakkar, L;
Lin, H;
Ianus, A;
Schneider, T;
... Alexander, D; + view all
(2021)
Feasibility of data-driven, model-free quantitative MRI protocol design: application to brain and prostate diffusion-relaxation imaging.
Frontiers in Physics
, 9
, Article 752208. 10.3389/fphy.2021.752208.
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Abstract
Purpose: We investigate the feasibility of data-driven, model-free quantitative MRI (qMRI) protocol design on in vivo brain and prostate diffusion-relaxation imaging (DRI). Methods: We select subsets of measurements within lengthy pilot scans, without identifying tissue parameters for which to optimise for. We use the “select and retrieve via direct upsampling” (SARDU-Net) algorithm, made of a selector, identifying measurement subsets, and a predictor, estimating fully-sampled signals from the subsets. We implement both using artificial neural networks, which are trained jointly end-to-end. We deploy the algorithm on brain (32 diffusion-/T1-weightings) and prostate (16 diffusion-/T2-weightings) DRI scans acquired on three healthy volunteers on two separate 3T Philips systems each. We used SARDU-Net to identify sub-protocols of fixed size, assessing reproducibility and testing sub-protocols for their potential to inform multi-contrast analyses via the T1-weighted spherical mean diffusion tensor (T1-SMDT, brain) and hybrid multi-dimensional MRI (HM-MRI, prostate) models, for which sub-protocol selection was not optimised explicitly. Results: In both brain and prostate, SARDU-Net identifies sub-protocols that maximise information content in a reproducible manner across training instantiations using a small number of pilot scans. The sub-protocols support T1-SMDT and HM-MRI multi-contrast modelling for which they were not optimised explicitly, providing signal quality-of-fit in the top 5% against extensive sub-protocol comparisons. Conclusions: Identifying economical but informative qMRI protocols from subsets of rich pilot scans is feasible and potentially useful in acquisition-time-sensitive applications in which there is not a qMRI model of choice. SARDU-Net is demonstrated to be a robust algorithm for data-driven, model-free protocol design.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Feasibility of data-driven, model-free quantitative MRI protocol design: application to brain and prostate diffusion-relaxation imaging |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fphy.2021.752208 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2021.752208 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2021 Grussu, Blumberg, Battiston, Kakkar, Lin, Ianuş, Schneider, Singh, Bourne, Punwani, Atkinson, Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott, Panagiotaki, Mertzanidou and Alexander. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
| Keywords: | quantitative MRI (qMRI), protocol design, artificial neural network, diffusion-relaxation, brain, prostate |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Neuroinflammation UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Department of Imaging UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10138474 |
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