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Abstract #4861

Overcoming the missing data challenge in clinical imaging using CycleGAN based on brain MRI in Multiple Sclerosis

Shayan Shahrokhi1, Rehman Tariq2, Olayinka Oladosu1, and Yunyan Zhang3
1Neuroscience, University of Calgary, CALGARY, AB, Canada, 2Biomedical Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 3Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

Synopsis

Keywords: Analysis/Processing, Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence

Motivation: Clinical MRI datasets are not always comprehensive or consistent, limiting their use for secondary analysis.

Goal(s): Investigating the suitability of a deep learning model named CycleGAN, with optional spectral normalization, for dealing with the missing sequence problems in clinical imaging as seen in multiple sclerosis (MS).

Approach: Using standard brain MRI of 104 MS people, we implemented 2 CycleGAN models, one with and one without spectral normalization to compare.

Results: CycleGAN performed competitively in image transformation between T1-weighted and T2-weighted images. Adding spectral normalization appears to improve performance, especially when the quality of training scans is inconsistent.

Impact: CycleGAN-based model has the potential to generate non-acquired images not always needed in standard clinical imaging, as seen in brain MRI in MS, where the resulting images can help promote various secondary analysis studies including machine learning.

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