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Abstract #4712

An Automatic Striatum Segmentation Model to Estimate MR Maps for Dopamine Transporter SPECT using Deep Learning

Haiyan Wang1,2, Han Jiang2,3, Gefei Chen2, Yu Du2,4, Zhonglin Lu2,4, Hairong Zheng1, Dong Liang1, Greta S. P. Mok2,4, and Zhanli Hu1
1Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, China, 2Biomedical Imaging Laboratory (BIG), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China, 3PET-CT Center, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China, 4Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Institute of Collaborative Innovation, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

Synopsis

Keywords: AI/ML Software, Parkinson's Disease, Cross-modality, Deep learning, SPECT, Striatum, Segmentation

Motivation: Striatum segmentation on SPECT is necessary to quantify uptake for Parkinson's disease (PD), but is challenging due to the inferior resolution. MRI is the preferred reference for segmentation due to its excellent soft tissue contrast.

Goal(s): This work proposes cross-modality automatic striatum segmentation, estimating MR striatal maps from clinical SPECT using deep learning (DL).

Approach: nnU-Net-based method are implemented and SPECT images are paired with MR-based striatal maps as supervised learning (training:validation:testing = 136:24:40)

Results: The proposed method can segment 4 MR-like individual compartments on clinical SPECT, which is also superior to several traditional and DL methods, both in physical and clinical metrics.

Impact: The proposed DL-based cross-modality striatum segmentation method is feasible for clinical DaT SPECT in PD, and 4 MR-like individual compartments can be obtained to quantify striatal uptake, which is beneficial to the accurate diagnosis and clinical management of PD.

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