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Abstract #4486

Temporally-Aware Neural Networks For Cine MRI Reconstruction From Severely Undersampled Data

Niraj Rajesh Mahajan1, Ana Rodríguez-Soto2, Nuri Chung2, Sanjeet Hegde3, Brent L Gordon3, Amanda Potersnak3, Joni Blood3, and Francisco Contijoch2,3
1Department of Computer Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, 2Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, 3Rady's Children Hospital, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States

Synopsis

Keywords: AI/ML Image Reconstruction, Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence

Motivation: MRI guidance of an interventional procedure requires fast image reconstruction. A neural network(NN)-based approach can exploit the similarities between consecutive frames to improve iMRI image reconstruction.

Goal(s): We investigate if an LSTM can reconstruct images from just ten spokes per frame in a timeframe compatible with iMRI.

Approach: A convolutional (conv)LSTM was trained using the open-source ACDC dataset. Results were compared with Multi-domain convolutional neural network (MD-CNN) - a recently-published 3D NN-based method for undersampled MRI reconstruction.

Results: ConvLSTMs can reconstruct frames at ~226 fps (17x faster than MD-CNN ~13 fps). SSIM for the convLSTM was slightly lower than the MD-CNN (0.85 vs 0.89).

Impact: With our LSTM-based model, we have achieved a 17x speed-up in the iMRI acquisition process without significant loss in image quality. This suggests that an LSTM-based method could be used to improve iMRI image speed and quality.

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