无需屏气和心电门控,1-2分钟完成高质量心脏动态MRI
Joint image reconstruction and segmentation of real-time cardiac MRI in free-breathing using a model based on disentangled representation learning
- 基于解耦表征学习联合重建与分割图像
- 自由呼吸下图像质量略低于屏气,但对心律不齐患者仍可靠
- 适合心律不齐、无法配合的患者,提升检查舒适度
基于解耦表征学习的联合图像重建与分割方法,实现了实时自由呼吸心脏动态MRI。一项探索性可行性研究在8名健康志愿者和5名阵发性房颤患者中测试该方法,采用自研螺旋bSSFP脉冲序列进行欠采样实时采集。图像与预测左室分割结果与参考标准——重复屏气的心电门控分段笛卡尔心脏电影及手动分割对比。在健康者中,实时屏气组(RT-BH: 1.99±0.98)与笛卡尔组(Cartesian: 1.94±0.86)图像质量相当(p=0.052),但自由呼吸组(RT-FB: 2.40±0.98, p<0.001)略差;心律不齐患者中,两种实时方法图像质量均良好(RT-BH: 2.10±1.28, RT-FB: 2.40±1.13, Cartesian: 2.68±1.13)。观察者间一致性良好(ICC=0.77, 95%CI [0.75, 0.79], p<0.001)。功能分析显示,该模型测得射血分数略偏高:RT-BH平均为58.5±5.6%,偏差+3.47%(95%CI [-0.86, 7.79]);RT-FB平均57.9±10.6%,偏差+1.45%(95%CI [-3.02, 5.91]);参考值为54.9±6.7%。该技术可在1-2分钟内实现无心电门控、无屏气的高质量心脏电影成像,是当前分段采集的有力替代方案,具有更短扫描时间、更高患者舒适度及更强抗心律不齐和不配合能力。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
A joint image reconstruction and segmentation approach based on disentangled representation learning was trained to enable cardiac cine MR imaging in real-time and under free-breathing. An exploratory feasibility study tested the proposed method in undersampled real-time acquisitions based on an in-house developed spiral bSSFP pulse sequence in eight healthy participants and five patients with intermittent atrial fibrillation. Images and predicted LV segmentations were compared to the reference standard of ECG-gated segmented Cartesian cine in repeated breath-holds and corresponding manual segmentation. On a 5-point Likert scale, image quality of the real-time breath-hold approach and Cartesian cine was comparable in healthy participants (RT-BH: 1.99 $\pm$ .98, Cartesian: 1.94 $\pm$ .86, p=.052), but slightly inferior in free-breathing (RT-FB: 2.40 $\pm$ .98, p<.001). In patients with arrhythmia, image quality from both real-time approaches was favourable (RT-BH: 2.10 $\pm$ 1.28, p<.001, RT-FB: 2.40 $\pm$ 1.13, p<.001, Cartesian: 2.68 $\pm$ 1.13). Intra-observer reliability was good (ICC=.77, 95%-confidence interval [.75, .79], p<.001). In functional analysis, a positive bias was observed for ejection fractions derived from the proposed model compared to the clinical reference standard (RT-BH mean EF: 58.5 $\pm$ 5.6%, bias: +3.47%, 95%-confidence interval [-.86, 7.79%], RT-FB mean: 57.9 $\pm$ 10.6%, bias: +1.45%, [-3.02, 5.91%], Cartesian mean: 54.9 $\pm$ 6.7%). The introduced real-time MR imaging technique is capable of acquiring high-quality cardiac cine data in 1-2 minutes without the need for ECG gating and breath-holds. It thus offers a promising alternative to the current clinical practice of segmented acquisition, with shorter scan times, higher patient comfort and increased robustness to arrhythmia and patient incompliance.
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