Accelerated cardiac T mapping in four heartbeats with inline MyoMapNet: a deep learning-based T estimation approach.

Journal: Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To develop and evaluate MyoMapNet, a rapid myocardial T mapping approach that uses fully connected neural networks (FCNN) to estimate T values from four T-weighted images collected after a single inversion pulse in four heartbeats (Look-Locker, LL4).

Authors

  • Rui Guo
    College of Chemistry&Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
  • Hossam El-Rewaidy
    Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
  • Salah Assana
    Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, MA, 02215, Boston, USA.
  • Xiaoying Cai
    Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Amine Amyar
    Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, MA, 02215, Boston, USA.
  • Kelvin Chow
    Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Xiaoming Bi
    Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Tuyen Yankama
    Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, MA, 02215, Boston, USA.
  • Julia Cirillo
    Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, MA, 02215, Boston, USA.
  • Patrick Pierce
    Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Beth Goddu
    Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Long Ngo
    Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, MA, 02215, Boston, USA.
  • Reza Nezafat