Synthetic-to-real domain adaptation with deep learning for fitting the intravoxel incoherent motion model of diffusion-weighted imaging.

Journal: Medical physics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) is a type of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), and IVIM model parameters (water molecule diffusion rate D , pseudo-diffusion coefficient D , and tissue perfusion fraction F ) have been widely used in the diagnosis and characterization of malignant lesions.

Authors

  • Haoyuan Huang
    School of Medical Information Engineering, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
  • Baoer Liu
    Department of Medical Imaging Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
  • Yikai Xu
  • Wu Zhou
    School of Medical Information Engineering, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China, 510006.