用深度学习实现快速精准的心脏磁共振运动校正,提升心肌灌注成像质量。
Deep learning motion correction of quantitative stress perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance
- 用单次估计替代传统迭代配准,实现高效运动校正
- 校正后心肌对齐度Dice达0.92,灌注图噪声标准差降低至0.52
- 处理速度提升15倍,适合多厂商数据和临床推广
定量应激灌注心血管磁共振(CMR)是评估心肌缺血的有力工具。运动校正对精准像素级映射至关重要,但传统基于配准的方法速度慢且易受采集差异影响,限制了鲁棒性和可扩展性。本文提出一种无监督深度学习运动校正流程,将迭代配准替换为高效的单次估计。该方法分三步校正运动,利用稳健主成分分析减少对比度相关干扰,同时对灌注序列及辅助图像(动脉输入函数和质子密度加权序列)进行对齐。模型在201例患者的多厂商数据上训练与验证,38例用于测试。通过时间对齐度和定量灌注值评估性能,对比先前发布的基于配准的方法。结果表明,深度学习方法显著提升了时间-强度曲线的平滑性(p<0.001)。心肌对齐度(Dice = 0.92 (0.04) 和 0.91 (0.05))与基线相当,优于未校正前(Dice = 0.80 (0.09),p<0.001)。灌注图运动伪影减少,心肌区域标准差降至0.52 (0.39) ml/min/g,低于基线的0.55 (0.44) ml/min/g。处理时间缩短15倍。结论:该深度学习流程实现了快速、鲁棒的应激灌注CMR运动校正,提升动态与辅助图像的准确性。模型在多厂商数据上训练,具备跨序列泛化能力,有助于推动定量灌注成像的临床普及。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Background: Quantitative stress perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is a powerful tool for assessing myocardial ischemia. Motion correction is essential for accurate pixel-wise mapping but traditional registration-based methods are slow and sensitive to acquisition variability, limiting robustness and scalability. Methods: We developed an unsupervised deep learning-based motion correction pipeline that replaces iterative registration with efficient one-shot estimation. The method corrects motion in three steps and uses robust principal component analysis to reduce contrast-related effects. It aligns the perfusion series and auxiliary images (arterial input function and proton density-weighted series). Models were trained and validated on multivendor data from 201 patients, with 38 held out for testing. Performance was assessed via temporal alignment and quantitative perfusion values, compared to a previously published registration-based method. Results: The deep learning approach significantly improved temporal smoothness of time-intensity curves (p<0.001). Myocardial alignment (Dice = 0.92 (0.04) and 0.91 (0.05)) was comparable to the baseline and superior to before registration (Dice = 0.80 (0.09), p<0.001). Perfusion maps showed reduced motion, with lower standard deviation in the myocardium (0.52 (0.39) ml/min/g) compared to baseline (0.55 (0.44) ml/min/g). Processing time was reduced 15-fold. Conclusion: This deep learning pipeline enables fast, robust motion correction for stress perfusion CMR, improving accuracy across dynamic and auxiliary images. Trained on multivendor data, it generalizes across sequences and may facilitate broader clinical adoption of quantitative perfusion imaging.
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