Unpaired Deep Learning for Pharmacokinetic Parameter Estimation from Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2306.04339v1
• Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 11:10:10 GMT
• Title: Unpaired Deep Learning for Pharmacokinetic Parameter Estimation from Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI
• Authors: Gyutaek Oh, Won-Jin Moon, and Jong Chul Ye
• Abstract summary: We present a novel unpaired deep learning method for estimating both pharmacokinetic parameters and the AIF. Our proposed CycleGAN framework is designed based on the underlying physics model, resulting in a simpler architecture with a single generator and discriminator pair. Our experimental results indicate that our method, which does not necessitate separate AIF measurements, produces more reliable pharmacokinetic parameters than other techniques.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: DCE-MRI provides information about vascular permeability and tissue perfusion through the acquisition of pharmacokinetic parameters. However, traditional methods for estimating these pharmacokinetic parameters involve fitting tracer kinetic models, which often suffer from computational complexity and low accuracy due to noisy arterial input function (AIF) measurements. Although some deep learning approaches have been proposed to tackle these challenges, most existing methods rely on supervised learning that requires paired input DCE-MRI and labeled pharmacokinetic parameter maps. This dependency on labeled data introduces significant time and resource constraints, as well as potential noise in the labels, making supervised learning methods often impractical. To address these limitations, here we present a novel unpaired deep learning method for estimating both pharmacokinetic parameters and the AIF using a physics-driven CycleGAN approach. Our proposed CycleGAN framework is designed based on the underlying physics model, resulting in a simpler architecture with a single generator and discriminator pair. Crucially, our experimental results indicate that our method, which does not necessitate separate AIF measurements, produces more reliable pharmacokinetic parameters than other techniques.

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