A motion-corrected deep-learning reconstruction framework for accelerating whole-heart magnetic resonance imaging in patients with congenital heart disease.

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

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is an important imaging modality for the assessment and management of adult patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). However, conventional techniques for three-dimensional (3D) whole-heart acquisition involve long and unpredictable scan times and methods that accelerate scans via k-space undersampling often rely on long iterative reconstructions. Deep-learning-based reconstruction methods have recently attracted much interest due to their capacity to provide fast reconstructions while often outperforming existing state-of-the-art methods. In this study, we sought to adapt and validate a non-rigid motion-corrected model-based deep learning (MoCo-MoDL) reconstruction framework for 3D whole-heart MRI in a CHD patient cohort.

Authors

  • Andrew Phair
    School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
  • Anastasia Fotaki
    School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, UK; Royal Brompton Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Electronic address: anastasia.fotaki@kcl.ac.uk.
  • Lina Felsner
    School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
  • Thomas J Fletcher
    School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
  • Haikun Qi
    School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, London, United Kingdom.
  • René M Botnar
    School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, UK; Escuela de Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
  • Claudia Prieto
    School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College, London, UK.