Quantitative susceptibility mapping using plug-and-play alternating direction method of multipliers

Abstract Quantitative susceptibility mapping employs regularization to reduce artifacts, yet many recent denoisers are unavailable for reconstruction. We developed a plug-and-play approach to QSM reconstruction (PnP QSM) and show its flexibility using several patch-based denoisers. We developed PnP...

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Main Authors: Srikant Kamesh Iyer, Brianna F. Moon, Nicholas Josselyn, Robert M. Kurtz, Jae W. Song, Jeffrey B. Ware, S. Ali Nabavizadeh, Walter R. Witschey
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22778-w
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author Srikant Kamesh Iyer
Brianna F. Moon
Nicholas Josselyn
Robert M. Kurtz
Jae W. Song
Jeffrey B. Ware
S. Ali Nabavizadeh
Walter R. Witschey
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Brianna F. Moon
Nicholas Josselyn
Robert M. Kurtz
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Jeffrey B. Ware
S. Ali Nabavizadeh
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description Abstract Quantitative susceptibility mapping employs regularization to reduce artifacts, yet many recent denoisers are unavailable for reconstruction. We developed a plug-and-play approach to QSM reconstruction (PnP QSM) and show its flexibility using several patch-based denoisers. We developed PnP QSM using alternating direction method of multiplier framework and applied collaborative filtering denoisers. We apply the technique to the 2016 QSM Challenge and in 10 glioblastoma multiforme datasets. We compared its performance with four published QSM techniques and a multi-orientation QSM method. We analyzed magnetic susceptibility accuracy using brain region-of-interest measurements, and image quality using global error metrics. Reconstructions on glioblastoma data were analyzed using ranked and semiquantitative image grading by three neuroradiologist observers to assess image quality (IQ) and sharpness (IS). PnP-BM4D QSM showed good correlation (β = 0.84, R2 = 0.98, p < 0.05) with COSMOS and no significant bias (bias = 0.007 ± 0.012). PnP-BM4D QSM achieved excellent quality when assessed using structural similarity index metric (SSIM = 0.860), high frequency error norm (HFEN = 58.5), cross correlation (CC = 0.804), and mutual information (MI = 0.475) and also maintained good conspicuity of fine features. In glioblastoma datasets, PnP-BM4D QSM showed higher performance (IQGrade = 2.4 ± 0.4, ISGrade = 2.7 ± 0.3, IQRank = 3.7 ± 0.3, ISRank = 3.9 ± 0.3) compared to MEDI (IQGrade = 2.1 ± 0.5, ISGrade = 2.1 ± 0.6, IQRank = 2.4 ± 0.6, ISRank = 2.9 ± 0.2) and FANSI-TGV (IQGrade = 2.2 ± 0.6, ISGrade = 2.1 ± 0.6, IQRank = 2.7 ± 0.3, ISRank = 2.2 ± 0.2). We illustrated the modularity of PnP QSM by interchanging two additional patch-based denoisers. PnP QSM reconstruction was feasible, and its flexibility was shown using several patch-based denoisers. This technique may allow rapid prototyping and validation of new denoisers for QSM reconstruction for an array of useful clinical applications.
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spelling doaj.art-72a6b90aaf4f4ab2a19aba7f5558fcc52022-12-22T04:42:00ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222022-12-0112111110.1038/s41598-022-22778-wQuantitative susceptibility mapping using plug-and-play alternating direction method of multipliersSrikant Kamesh Iyer0Brianna F. Moon1Nicholas Josselyn2Robert M. Kurtz3Jae W. Song4Jeffrey B. Ware5S. Ali Nabavizadeh6Walter R. Witschey7Department of Radiology, University of PennsylvaniaDepartment of Bioengineering, University of PennsylvaniaDepartment of Radiology, University of PennsylvaniaDepartment of Radiology, University of PennsylvaniaDepartment of Radiology, University of PennsylvaniaDepartment of Radiology, University of PennsylvaniaDepartment of Radiology, University of PennsylvaniaDepartment of Radiology, University of PennsylvaniaAbstract Quantitative susceptibility mapping employs regularization to reduce artifacts, yet many recent denoisers are unavailable for reconstruction. We developed a plug-and-play approach to QSM reconstruction (PnP QSM) and show its flexibility using several patch-based denoisers. We developed PnP QSM using alternating direction method of multiplier framework and applied collaborative filtering denoisers. We apply the technique to the 2016 QSM Challenge and in 10 glioblastoma multiforme datasets. We compared its performance with four published QSM techniques and a multi-orientation QSM method. We analyzed magnetic susceptibility accuracy using brain region-of-interest measurements, and image quality using global error metrics. Reconstructions on glioblastoma data were analyzed using ranked and semiquantitative image grading by three neuroradiologist observers to assess image quality (IQ) and sharpness (IS). PnP-BM4D QSM showed good correlation (β = 0.84, R2 = 0.98, p < 0.05) with COSMOS and no significant bias (bias = 0.007 ± 0.012). PnP-BM4D QSM achieved excellent quality when assessed using structural similarity index metric (SSIM = 0.860), high frequency error norm (HFEN = 58.5), cross correlation (CC = 0.804), and mutual information (MI = 0.475) and also maintained good conspicuity of fine features. In glioblastoma datasets, PnP-BM4D QSM showed higher performance (IQGrade = 2.4 ± 0.4, ISGrade = 2.7 ± 0.3, IQRank = 3.7 ± 0.3, ISRank = 3.9 ± 0.3) compared to MEDI (IQGrade = 2.1 ± 0.5, ISGrade = 2.1 ± 0.6, IQRank = 2.4 ± 0.6, ISRank = 2.9 ± 0.2) and FANSI-TGV (IQGrade = 2.2 ± 0.6, ISGrade = 2.1 ± 0.6, IQRank = 2.7 ± 0.3, ISRank = 2.2 ± 0.2). We illustrated the modularity of PnP QSM by interchanging two additional patch-based denoisers. PnP QSM reconstruction was feasible, and its flexibility was shown using several patch-based denoisers. This technique may allow rapid prototyping and validation of new denoisers for QSM reconstruction for an array of useful clinical applications.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22778-w
spellingShingle Srikant Kamesh Iyer
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Robert M. Kurtz
Jae W. Song
Jeffrey B. Ware
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Walter R. Witschey
Quantitative susceptibility mapping using plug-and-play alternating direction method of multipliers
Scientific Reports
title Quantitative susceptibility mapping using plug-and-play alternating direction method of multipliers
title_full Quantitative susceptibility mapping using plug-and-play alternating direction method of multipliers
title_fullStr Quantitative susceptibility mapping using plug-and-play alternating direction method of multipliers
title_full_unstemmed Quantitative susceptibility mapping using plug-and-play alternating direction method of multipliers
title_short Quantitative susceptibility mapping using plug-and-play alternating direction method of multipliers
title_sort quantitative susceptibility mapping using plug and play alternating direction method of multipliers
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22778-w
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