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Abstract #1267

Vessel Segmentation in χ-separation using Deep Learning

Hangyeol Park1, Taechang Kim1, Rokgi Hong1, Jiye Kim1, and Jongho Lee1
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Synopsis

Keywords: Susceptibility/QSM, Quantitative Susceptibility mapping, χ-separation (chi-separation), Vessel Segmentation

Motivation: A recently proposed region-growing algorithm-based vessel segmentation method is sensitive to hyperparameters, leading to user-dependent results that can be inconsistent and inconvenient.

Goal(s): We develop a deep learning method that generates high-quality vessel masks of χ-separation maps without hyperparameter tuning.

Approach: Vessel masks generated by a region-growing algorithm and manual correction for errors were used as training labels. A deep neural network was trained which takes χ-separation maps as input and generates vessel masks. This model was evaluated on 3T and 7T data with different resolutions.

Results: The model successfully produced high-quality vessel masks for both 3T and 7T χ-separation maps.

Impact: The proposed deep neural network can produce high-quality vessel masks, eliminating the need for hyperparameter tuning in the original region-growing method. The result may improve the accuracy and efficiency of χ-separation map analysis, supporting precise susceptibility studies.

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