Deep learning super-resolution reconstruction for fast and high-quality cine cardiovascular magnetic resonance.

Journal: European radiology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To compare standard-resolution balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) cine images with cine images acquired at low resolution but reconstructed with a deep learning (DL) super-resolution algorithm.

Authors

  • Dmitrij Kravchenko
    Division of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
  • Alexander Isaak
    From the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (L.M.B., A.I., D.K., U.A., C.C.P., A.M.S., J.A.L.), Quantitative Imaging Laboratory Bonn (QILaB) (L.M.B., A.I., D.K., A.M.S., J.A.L.), Institute for Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology (L.W.), and Department of Urology (P.K., J.E.), University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany; Philips MR Clinical Science, Best, the Netherlands (J.M.P.); and Philips Market DACH, Hamburg, Germany (C.K., O.M.W.).
  • Narine Mesropyan
    Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Quantitative Imaging Lab Bonn (QILaB), University Hospital Bonn (Universitätsklinikum Bonn), Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127, Bonn, Germany.
  • Johannes M Peeters
    Philips Healthcare, Veenpluis 4-6, Building QR-0.113, 5684, Best, PC, Netherlands.
  • Daniel Kuetting
    From the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (L.M.B., A.I., D.K., U.A., C.C.P., A.M.S., J.A.L.), Quantitative Imaging Laboratory Bonn (QILaB) (L.M.B., A.I., D.K., A.M.S., J.A.L.), Institute for Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology (L.W.), and Department of Urology (P.K., J.E.), University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany; Philips MR Clinical Science, Best, the Netherlands (J.M.P.); and Philips Market DACH, Hamburg, Germany (C.K., O.M.W.).
  • Claus C Pieper
    Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Quantitative Imaging Lab Bonn (QILaB), University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127, Bonn, Germany.
  • Christoph Katemann
    From the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (L.M.B., A.I., D.K., U.A., C.C.P., A.M.S., J.A.L.), Quantitative Imaging Laboratory Bonn (QILaB) (L.M.B., A.I., D.K., A.M.S., J.A.L.), Institute for Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology (L.W.), and Department of Urology (P.K., J.E.), University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany; Philips MR Clinical Science, Best, the Netherlands (J.M.P.); and Philips Market DACH, Hamburg, Germany (C.K., O.M.W.).
  • Ulrike Attenberger
    Universitätsklinik für Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Bonn, Deutschland.
  • Tilman Emrich
    Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany; Division of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA.
  • Akos Varga-Szemes
    Division of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Medical University of South Carolina, Ashley River Tower, 25 Courtenay Dr, Charleston, SC 29425-2260 (S.S.M., D.M., M.v.A., C.N.D.C., R.R.B., C.T., A.V.S., A.M.F., B.E.J., L.P.G., U.J.S.); Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany (S.S.M., T.J.V.); Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Stanford, Calif (D.M.); Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga (C.N.D.C.); Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (R.R.B.); Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Heart Center Munich-Bogenhausen, Munich, Germany (C.T.); Department of Cardiology, Munich University Clinic, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany (C.T.); Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa (P.S.); and Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (A.J.M.).
  • Julian A Luetkens
    Department of Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53127, Bonn, Germany.