Accelerated Multi-b-Value DWI Using Deep Learning Reconstruction: Image Quality Improvement and Microvascular Invasion Prediction in BCLC Stage A Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Journal: Academic radiology
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Abstract

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effect of accelerated deep-learning (DL) multi-b-value DWI (Mb-DWI) on acquisition time, image quality, and predictive ability of microvascular invasion (MVI) in BCLC stage A hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), compared to standard Mb-DWI.

Authors

  • Yongjian Zhu
    Department of Neurosurgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310009, Hangzhou, China. neurosurgery@zju.edu.cn.
  • Peng Wang
    Neuroengineering Laboratory, School of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
  • Bingzhi Wang
    Department of Urology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410013, China.
  • Bing Feng
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, 29208, South Carolina, USA.
  • Wei Cai
    Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
  • Shuang Wang
    Engineering Technology Research Center of Shanxi Province for Opto-Electric Information and Instrument, Taiyuan 030051, China. S1507038@st.nuc.edu.cn.
  • Xuan Meng
    Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China (X.M.).
  • Sicong Wang
    Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
  • Xinming Zhao
    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China.
  • Xiaohong Ma
    Mental Health Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.