Deep learning-based prediction of intra-cardiac blood flow in long-axis cine magnetic resonance imaging.

Journal: The international journal of cardiovascular imaging
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Abstract

PURPOSE: We aimed to design and evaluate a deep learning-based method to automatically predict the time-varying in-plane blood flow velocity within the cardiac cavities in long-axis cine MRI, validated against 4D flow.

Authors

  • Xiaowu Sun
    Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
  • Li-Hsin Cheng
    Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan.
  • Sven Plein
    From the Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, the Netherlands (Q.T., E.H.M.P., D.P.S., A.d.R., H.J.L., R.J.v.d.G.); Department of Electrical Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (W.Y., Y.W.); Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre & Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, England (P.G., S.P.); Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (L.H., L.X.); and Departments of Cardiology (M.S.) and Radiology (J.T.), Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Pankaj Garg
    From the Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, the Netherlands (Q.T., E.H.M.P., D.P.S., A.d.R., H.J.L., R.J.v.d.G.); Department of Electrical Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (W.Y., Y.W.); Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre & Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, England (P.G., S.P.); Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China (L.H., L.X.); and Departments of Cardiology (M.S.) and Radiology (J.T.), Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Mehdi H Moghari
    Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Rob J van der Geest
    Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden PO Box 9600, 2300 RC, The Netherlands.