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Enhancement of cerebrovascular 4D flow MRI velocity fields using machine learning and computational fluid dynamics simulation data

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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 11, 期 1, 页码 -

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NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89636-z

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  1. National Institutes of Health (NIH) [5 R01 NS066982 08]
  2. University of Wisconsin Cardiovascular Research Center - NIH [T32 HL 007936]
  3. University of Wisconsin Department of Radiology
  4. Grainger Institute for Engineering
  5. University of Wisconsin Department of Medical Physics

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This study demonstrates the potential utility of using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) data to train neural networks for enhancing the quality of blood flow images in PC MRI. By integrating CFD-informed neural networks, the trained network successfully de-noised flow images, decreased velocity error, and enhanced near-vessel-wall velocity quantification and visualization. This image enhancement method has the potential to improve qualitative and quantitative analysis of cerebrovascular PC MRI in experimental and clinical settings.
Blood flow metrics obtained with four-dimensional (4D) flow phase contrast (PC) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be of great value in clinical and experimental cerebrovascular analysis. However, limitations in both quantitative and qualitative analyses can result from errors inherent to PC MRI. One method that excels in creating low-error, physics-based, velocity fields is computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Augmentation of cerebral 4D flow MRI data with CFD-informed neural networks may provide a method to produce highly accurate physiological flow fields. In this preliminary study, the potential utility of such a method was demonstrated by using high resolution patient-specific CFD data to train a convolutional neural network, and then using the trained network to enhance MRI-derived velocity fields in cerebral blood vessel data sets. Through testing on simulated images, phantom data, and cerebrovascular 4D flow data from 20 patients, the trained network successfully de-noised flow images, decreased velocity error, and enhanced near-vessel-wall velocity quantification and visualization. Such image enhancement can improve experimental and clinical qualitative and quantitative cerebrovascular PC MRI analysis.

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