3D Conditional Image Synthesis of Left Atrial LGE MRI from Composite Semantic Masks

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.04588v1
• Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 04:35:40 GMT
• Title: 3D Conditional Image Synthesis of Left Atrial LGE MRI from Composite Semantic Masks
• Authors: Yusri Al-Sanaani, Rebecca Thornhill, Sreeraman Rajan,
• Abstract summary: We develop a pipeline to synthesize high-fidelity 3D LGE MRI volumes using 3D conditional generators.<n> SPADE-LDM generates the most realistic and structurally accurate images.<n>When augmented with synthetic LGE images, the Dice score for LA cavity segmentation with a 3D U-Net model improved.
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• Abstract: Segmentation of the left atrial (LA) wall and endocardium from late gadolinium-enhanced (LGE) MRI is essential for quantifying atrial fibrosis in patients with atrial fibrillation. The development of accurate machine learning-based segmentation models remains challenging due to the limited availability of data and the complexity of anatomical structures. In this work, we investigate 3D conditional generative models as potential solution for augmenting scarce LGE training data and improving LA segmentation performance. We develop a pipeline to synthesize high-fidelity 3D LGE MRI volumes from composite semantic label maps combining anatomical expert annotations with unsupervised tissue clusters, using three 3D conditional generators (Pix2Pix GAN, SPADE-GAN, and SPADE-LDM). The synthetic images are evaluated for realism and their impact on downstream LA segmentation. SPADE-LDM generates the most realistic and structurally accurate images, achieving an FID of 4.063 and surpassing GAN models, which have FIDs of 40.821 and 7.652 for Pix2Pix and SPADE-GAN, respectively. When augmented with synthetic LGE images, the Dice score for LA cavity segmentation with a 3D U-Net model improved from 0.908 to 0.936, showing a statistically significant improvement (p < 0.05) over the baseline.These findings demonstrate the potential of label-conditioned 3D synthesis to enhance the segmentation of under-represented cardiac structures.

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