Rician likelihood loss for quantitative MRI using self-supervised deep learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2307.07072v1
• Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 21:42:26 GMT
• Title: Rician likelihood loss for quantitative MRI using self-supervised deep learning
• Authors: Christopher S. Parker, Anna Schroder, Sean C. Epstein, James Cole, Daniel C. Alexander, Hui Zhang
• Abstract summary: Previous quantitative MR imaging studies using self-supervised deep learning have reported biased parameter estimates at low SNR. We introduce the negative log Rician likelihood (NLR) loss, which is numerically stable and accurate across the full range of tested SNRs. We expect the development to benefit quantitative MR imaging techniques broadly, enabling more accurate estimation from noisy data.
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• Abstract: Purpose: Previous quantitative MR imaging studies using self-supervised deep learning have reported biased parameter estimates at low SNR. Such systematic errors arise from the choice of Mean Squared Error (MSE) loss function for network training, which is incompatible with Rician-distributed MR magnitude signals. To address this issue, we introduce the negative log Rician likelihood (NLR) loss. Methods: A numerically stable and accurate implementation of the NLR loss was developed to estimate quantitative parameters of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) model and intra-voxel incoherent motion (IVIM) model. Parameter estimation accuracy, precision and overall error were evaluated in terms of bias, variance and root mean squared error and compared against the MSE loss over a range of SNRs (5 - 30). Results: Networks trained with NLR loss show higher estimation accuracy than MSE for the ADC and IVIM diffusion coefficients as SNR decreases, with minimal loss of precision or total error. At high effective SNR (high SNR and small diffusion coefficients), both losses show comparable accuracy and precision for all parameters of both models. Conclusion: The proposed NLR loss is numerically stable and accurate across the full range of tested SNRs and improves parameter estimation accuracy of diffusion coefficients using self-supervised deep learning. We expect the development to benefit quantitative MR imaging techniques broadly, enabling more accurate parameter estimation from noisy data.

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