用新型生成模型提升低场磁共振图像质量,无需昂贵设备
Low-Field Magnetic Resonance Image Quality Enhancement using a Conditional Flow Matching Model
- 基于条件流匹配直接学习噪声到图像的连续变换路径
- 在低场磁共振上实现媲美高场的图像质量,且参数量更少
- 适合资源有限的临床场景,对不同数据集都有良好泛化能力
本文提出一种基于条件流匹配(CFM)的图像质量增强框架。与依赖迭代采样或对抗训练的传统生成模型不同,CFM通过直接回归最优速度场,学习从噪声分布到目标数据分布的连续流。该方法应用于低场磁共振成像(LF-MRI),该技术虽具成本低、便携性强的优势,但存在信噪比低、诊断质量差的问题。本框架可将低场输入重建为类高场图像,有效弥合质量差距,无需昂贵硬件支持。实验表明,CFM不仅达到当前最佳性能,且在分布内与分布外数据上均具有强泛化能力,同时参数量显著低于现有深度学习方法。结果表明,CFM是低成本临床环境中磁共振重建的强大且可扩展工具。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
This paper introduces a novel framework for image quality transfer based on conditional flow matching (CFM). Unlike conventional generative models that rely on iterative sampling or adversarial objectives, CFM learns a continuous flow between a noise distribution and target data distributions through the direct regression of an optimal velocity field. We evaluate this approach in the context of low-field magnetic resonance imaging (LF-MRI), a rapidly emerging modality that offers affordable and portable scanning but suffers from inherently low signal-to-noise ratio and reduced diagnostic quality. Our framework is designed to reconstruct high-field-like MR images from their corresponding low-field inputs, thereby bridging the quality gap without requiring expensive infrastructure. Experiments demonstrate that CFM not only achieves state-of-the-art performance, but also generalizes robustly to both in-distribution and out-of-distribution data. Importantly, it does so while utilizing significantly fewer parameters than competing deep learning methods. These results underline the potential of CFM as a powerful and scalable tool for MRI reconstruction, particularly in resource-limited clinical environments.
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