Machine learning-based automated scan prescription of lumbar spine MRI acquisitions.

Journal: Magnetic resonance imaging
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Abstract

PURPOSE: High quality scan prescription that optimally covers the area of interest with scan planes aligned to relevant anatomical structures is crucial for error-free radiologic interpretation. The goal of this project was to develop a machine learning pipeline for oblique scan prescription that could be trained on localizer images and metadata from previously acquired MR exams.

Authors

  • Eugene Ozhinsky
    From the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (C.E.v.S., J.H.S., E.O., P.M.J., M.P., S.C.F., T.M.L., V.P.) and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (F.L., M.C.N.), University of California, San Francisco, 185 Berry St, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA 94107; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany (C.E.v.S., S.C.F.); Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany (P.M.J.); and Department of Radiology, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, Calif (L.N.).
  • Felix Liu
    From the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (C.E.v.S., J.H.S., E.O., P.M.J., M.P., S.C.F., T.M.L., V.P.) and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (F.L., M.C.N.), University of California, San Francisco, 185 Berry St, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA 94107; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany (C.E.v.S., S.C.F.); Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany (P.M.J.); and Department of Radiology, University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, Calif (L.N.).
  • Valentina Pedoia
    Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
  • Sharmila Majumdar
    Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, 1700 4th Street, Byers Hall, Suite 203, Room 203D, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.