Segmenting and Detecting Carotid Plaque Components in MRI

Cardiovascular diseases and stroke are currently the leading causes of death worldwide. Atherosclerotic plaque is a mostly asymptotic vascular disease, but rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque in the carotid artery could lead to stroke. Automated segmentation of plaque components could help improve risk assessment by producing fast and reliable...

MRI-based virtual CT generation from unpaired data

Both MRI and CT imaging are commonly used and combined in medical imaging because of their complementary information about soft tissue and bone respectively. However, CT imaging relies on harmful ionizing radiation. Thus medical imaging scientists are working on transferring harmless MRI scans to CT-like images where using deep learning methods...

MR reconstruction of FLAIR weighted images with simulated lesions: A comparison between Compressed Sensing and a Recurrent Inference Machine

Background: For both hospitals and patients it would be beneficial if the scan time of MR images could be reduced. At the moment, Compressed Sensing (CS) is introduced to reduce the scan time, however, new methods are developed such as a deep learning method, called the Recurrent Inference Machine (RIM). In this study the effect of...

Numerical Body Model Inference for Individualized RF exposure Prediction in Neuroimaging at 7T MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging is a popular modality for brain imaging in present times. The quality of the images depends on the strength of the magnetic field. An MRI scanner with a magnetic field strength of 3 Tesla(T) is pre-dominantly used for clinical purposes. However, with the advancement in technology, and the need to image finer image...

Recovering Quantitative Maps from Conventional Weighted MR Images using Deep Learning

Long acquisition times impede the routine clinical use of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (qMRI). qMRI quantifies meaningful tissue parameters in T1-, T2-, and PD-maps, as opposed to conventional (qualitative) weighted MRI (wMRI), which only visualises contrast between tissues. Although methods exist that generate synthetic wMRI from...

Deep Learning for Post-Contrast T1-Weighted Brain MRI Synthesis

Introduction: Magnetic Resonance Imaging is a commonly used technique for the initial diagnosis of gliomas. T1, T2, T2-FLAIR, and post-contrast T1 with gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) can show tumor characteristics. However, using this contrast agent poses a risk to patients with kidney failures, has environmental impact, and increases...

Classification of primary liver tumors with radiomics and deep learning based on multiphasic MRI

Primary liver cancer is a commonly diagnosed cancer and accurate diagnosis is crucial for treatment planning. To differentiate between malignant and benign liver tumors, contrast-enhanced MRI is typically used as it provides information over multiple contrast phases. However, diagnosis based on MRI is challenging. In this study, automatic...

Deep Learning Enhanced Contrast Source Inversion And Phase Error Based Conductivity Correction For Electrical Properties Tomography: Exploration Of Physics-Assisted Deep Learning Methodology For Magnetic Resonance Based Electrical Properties Tomography

Magnetic resonance electrical properties tomography is a type of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging that aims to reconstruct the conductivity and permittivity of biological tissue. These electrical properties of the tissue can be used to compute the specific absorption rate, to differentiate tumours from healthy tissue and for hyperthermia...