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7T ultra-high field magnetic resonance parallel imaging algorithm based on residual complex convolution network
Zhaoyao GAO, Zhan ZHANG, Liangliang HU, Guangyu XU, Sheng ZHOU, Yuxin HU, Zijie LIN, Chao ZHOU
Journal of Computer Applications    2025, 45 (10): 3381-3389.   DOI: 10.11772/j.issn.1001-9081.2024101501
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Parallel imaging techniques can help solving problems of radiofrequency energy deposition and image inhomogeneity, reducing scan time, lowering motion artifacts, and accelerating data acquisition in ultra-high field Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). To enhance feature extraction ability to MRI complex-valued data and reduce wrap-around artifacts caused by under-sampling in parallel imaging, a Residual Complex convolution scan-specific Robust Artificial-neural-networks for K-space Interpolation (RCRAKI) was proposed. In the algorithm, the raw under-sampled MRI scan data was taken as input, and the advantages of both linear and nonlinear reconstruction methods were combined with a residual structure. In the residual connection part, convolution was used to create a linear reconstruction baseline, while multiple layers of complex convolution were utilized in the main path to compensate for baseline defects, ultimately reconstructing Magnetic Resonance (MR) images with fewer artifacts. Experiments were conducted on data acquired from a 7T ultra-high field MR device developed by the Institute of Energy of Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, and RCRAKI was compared with residual scan-specific Robust Artificial-neural-networks for K-space Interpolation (rRAKI) under a sampling rate of 40 Automatic Calibration Signals (ACSs) and 8 speedup ratio for mouse imaging quality across different anatomical planes. Experimental results show that in sagittal plane, the proposed algorithm has the Normalized Root Mean Squared Error (NRMSE) decreased by 59.74%, the Structural SIMilarity (SSIM) increased by 0.45%, and the Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR) increased by 13.04%; in axial plane, the proposed algorithm has the NRMSE decreased by 7.97%, the SSIM improved slightly (by 0.005%), and the PSNR increased by 1.09%; in coronal plane, the proposed algorithm has the NRMSE decreased by 35.03%, the PSNR increased by 5.60%, and the SSIM increased by 0.98%. It can be seen that RCRAKI performs well on all the different anatomical planes of MRI data, can reduce the influence of noise amplification at high speedup ratio, and reconstruct MR images with clearer details.

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