Multi-sequence MR image-based synthetic CT generation using a generative adversarial network for head and neck MRI-only radiotherapy.
Med Phys
; 47(4): 1880-1894, 2020 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of different magnetic resonance (MR) sequences on the accuracy of deep learning-based synthetic computed tomography (sCT) generation in the complex head and neck region.METHODS:
Four sequences of MR images (T1, T2, T1C, and T1DixonC-water) were collected from 45 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Seven conditional generative adversarial network (cGAN) models were trained with different sequences (single channel) and different combinations (multi-channel) as inputs. To further verify the cGAN performance, we also used a U-net network as a comparison. Mean absolute error, structural similarity index, peak signal-to-noise ratio, dice similarity coefficient, and dose distribution were evaluated between the actual CTs and sCTs generated from different models.RESULTS:
The results show that the cGAN model with multi-channel (i.e., T1 + T2 + T1C + T1DixonC-water) as input to predict sCT achieves higher accuracy than any single MR sequence model. The T1-weighted MR model achieves better results than T2, T1C, and T1DixonC-water models. The comparison between cGAN and U-net shows that the sCTs predicted by cGAN retains additional image details are less blurred and more similar to the actual CT.CONCLUSIONS:
Conditional generative adversarial network with multiple MR sequences as model input shows the best accuracy. The T1-weighted MR images provide sufficient image information and are suitable for sCT prediction in clinical scenarios with limited acquisition sequences or limited acquisition time.Palavras-chave
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Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador
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Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética
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Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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Neoplasias Nasofaríngeas
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Radioterapia Guiada por Imagem
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Aprendizado Profundo
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Ano de publicação:
2020
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