Reconstructing High-Quality Diffusion MRI Data from Orthogonal Slice-Undersampled Data Using Graph Convolutional Neural Networks

Yoonmi Hong, Geng Chen, Pew Thian Yap, Dinggang Shen

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Abstract

Diffusion MRI (dMRI), while powerful for the characterization of tissue microstructure, suffers from long acquisition times. In this paper, we propose a super-resolution (SR) reconstruction method based on orthogonal slice-undersampling for accelerated dMRI acquisition. Instead of scanning full diffusion-weighted (DW) image volumes, only a subsample of equally-spaced slices need to be acquired. We show that complementary information from DW volumes corresponding to different diffusion wave-vectors can be harnessed using graph convolutional neural networks for reconstruction of the full DW volumes. We demonstrate that our SR reconstruction method outperforms typical interpolation methods and mitigates partial volume effects. Experimental results indicate that acceleration up to a factor of 5 can be achieved with minimal information loss.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2019 - 22nd International Conference, Proceedings
EditorsDinggang Shen, Pew-Thian Yap, Tianming Liu, Terry M. Peters, Ali Khan, Lawrence H. Staib, Caroline Essert, Sean Zhou
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages529-537
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783030322472
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event22nd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2019 - Shenzhen, China
Duration: 13 Oct 201917 Oct 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11766 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference22nd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShenzhen
Period13/10/1917/10/19

Keywords

  • Accelerated acquisition
  • Adversarial learning
  • Diffusion MRI
  • Graph CNN
  • Super resolution

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