Breath-hold 3D magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography at 1.5 T using a deep learning-based noise-reduction approach: Comparison with the conventional respiratory-triggered technique.

Journal: European journal of radiology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To assess the image quality of conventional respiratory-triggered 3-dimentional (3D) magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (Resp-MRCP) and breath-hold 3D MRCP (BH-MRCP) with and without denoising procedure using deep learning-based reconstruction (dDLR) at 1.5 T.

Authors

  • Taku Tajima
    Department of Radiology, International University of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital, 1-4-3 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8329, Japan; Department of Radiology, International University of Health and Welfare Narita Hospital, 852 Hatakeda Narita, Chiba 286-0124, Japan.
  • Hiroyuki Akai
    From the Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan 113-8655.
  • Haruto Sugawara
    Department of Radiology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Koichiro Yasaka
    From the Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan 113-8655.
  • Akira Kunimatsu
  • Naoki Yoshioka
    Department of Radiology, International University of Health and Welfare Narita Hospital, 852 Hatakeda Narita, Chiba 286-0124, Japan.
  • Masaaki Akahane
    Department of Radiology, International University of Health and Welfare Narita Hospital, 852 Hatakeda Narita, Chiba 286-0124, Japan.
  • Kuni Ohtomo
  • Osamu Abe
    From the Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan 113-8655.
  • Shigeru Kiryu
    From the Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan 113-8655.