MOCOnet: robust motion correction of cardiovascular magnetic resonance T1 mapping using convolutional neural networks
<br><strong>Background: </strong>Quantitative cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) T1 mapping has shown promise for advanced tissue characterisation in routine clinical practise. However, T1 mapping is prone to motion artefacts, which affects its robustness and clinical interpre...
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| author | Gonzales, RA Zhang, Q Papież, BW Werys, K Lukaschuk, E Popescu, IA Burrage, MK Shanmuganathan, M Ferreira, VM Piechnik, SK |
| author_facet | Gonzales, RA Zhang, Q Papież, BW Werys, K Lukaschuk, E Popescu, IA Burrage, MK Shanmuganathan, M Ferreira, VM Piechnik, SK |
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| description | <br><strong>Background: </strong>Quantitative cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) T1 mapping has shown promise for advanced tissue characterisation in routine clinical practise. However, T1 mapping is prone to motion artefacts, which affects its robustness and clinical interpretation. Current methods for motion correction on T1 mapping are model-driven with no guarantee on generalisability, limiting its widespread use. In contrast, emerging data-driven deep learning approaches have shown good performance in general image registration tasks. We propose MOCOnet, a convolutional neural network solution, for generalisable motion artefact correction in T1 maps.
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Methods: </strong>The network architecture employs U-Net for producing distance vector fields and utilises warping layers to apply deformation to the feature maps in a coarse-to-fine manner. Using the UK Biobank imaging dataset scanned at 1.5T, MOCOnet was trained on 1,536 mid-ventricular T1 maps (acquired using the ShMOLLI method) with motion artefacts, generated by a customised deformation procedure, and tested on a different set of 200 samples with a diverse range of motion. MOCOnet was compared to a well-validated baseline multi-modal image registration method. Motion reduction was visually assessed by 3 human experts, with motion scores ranging from 0% (strictly no motion) to 100% (very severe motion).
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Results: </strong>MOCOnet achieved fast image registration (<1 second per T1 map) and successfully suppressed a wide range of motion artefacts. MOCOnet significantly reduced motion scores from 37.1±21.5 to 13.3±10.5 (p < 0.001), whereas the baseline method reduced it to 15.8±15.6 (p < 0.001). MOCOnet was significantly better than the baseline method in suppressing motion artefacts and more consistently (p = 0.007).
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Conclusion: </strong>MOCOnet demonstrated significantly better motion correction performance compared to a traditional image registration approach. Salvaging data affected by motion with robustness and in a time-efficient manner may enable better image quality and reliable images for immediate clinical interpretation. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:bad10751-0ba0-40d8-915e-c1b04a8083142022-03-27T05:12:29ZMOCOnet: robust motion correction of cardiovascular magnetic resonance T1 mapping using convolutional neural networksJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:bad10751-0ba0-40d8-915e-c1b04a808314EnglishSymplectic ElementsFrontiers Media2021Gonzales, RAZhang, QPapież, BWWerys, KLukaschuk, EPopescu, IABurrage, MKShanmuganathan, MFerreira, VMPiechnik, SK<br><strong>Background: </strong>Quantitative cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) T1 mapping has shown promise for advanced tissue characterisation in routine clinical practise. However, T1 mapping is prone to motion artefacts, which affects its robustness and clinical interpretation. Current methods for motion correction on T1 mapping are model-driven with no guarantee on generalisability, limiting its widespread use. In contrast, emerging data-driven deep learning approaches have shown good performance in general image registration tasks. We propose MOCOnet, a convolutional neural network solution, for generalisable motion artefact correction in T1 maps. <br><strong> Methods: </strong>The network architecture employs U-Net for producing distance vector fields and utilises warping layers to apply deformation to the feature maps in a coarse-to-fine manner. Using the UK Biobank imaging dataset scanned at 1.5T, MOCOnet was trained on 1,536 mid-ventricular T1 maps (acquired using the ShMOLLI method) with motion artefacts, generated by a customised deformation procedure, and tested on a different set of 200 samples with a diverse range of motion. MOCOnet was compared to a well-validated baseline multi-modal image registration method. Motion reduction was visually assessed by 3 human experts, with motion scores ranging from 0% (strictly no motion) to 100% (very severe motion). <br><strong> Results: </strong>MOCOnet achieved fast image registration (<1 second per T1 map) and successfully suppressed a wide range of motion artefacts. MOCOnet significantly reduced motion scores from 37.1±21.5 to 13.3±10.5 (p < 0.001), whereas the baseline method reduced it to 15.8±15.6 (p < 0.001). MOCOnet was significantly better than the baseline method in suppressing motion artefacts and more consistently (p = 0.007). <br><strong> Conclusion: </strong>MOCOnet demonstrated significantly better motion correction performance compared to a traditional image registration approach. Salvaging data affected by motion with robustness and in a time-efficient manner may enable better image quality and reliable images for immediate clinical interpretation. |
| spellingShingle | Gonzales, RA Zhang, Q Papież, BW Werys, K Lukaschuk, E Popescu, IA Burrage, MK Shanmuganathan, M Ferreira, VM Piechnik, SK MOCOnet: robust motion correction of cardiovascular magnetic resonance T1 mapping using convolutional neural networks |
| title | MOCOnet: robust motion correction of cardiovascular magnetic resonance T1 mapping using convolutional neural networks |
| title_full | MOCOnet: robust motion correction of cardiovascular magnetic resonance T1 mapping using convolutional neural networks |
| title_fullStr | MOCOnet: robust motion correction of cardiovascular magnetic resonance T1 mapping using convolutional neural networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | MOCOnet: robust motion correction of cardiovascular magnetic resonance T1 mapping using convolutional neural networks |
| title_short | MOCOnet: robust motion correction of cardiovascular magnetic resonance T1 mapping using convolutional neural networks |
| title_sort | moconet robust motion correction of cardiovascular magnetic resonance t1 mapping using convolutional neural networks |
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