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In this work, we propose a novel image reconstruction framework that directly learns a neural implicit representation in k-space for ECG-triggered non-Cartesian Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMR). While existing methods bin acquired…

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One of the challenges in developing deep learning algorithms for medical image segmentation is the scarcity of annotated training data. To overcome this limitation, data augmentation and semi-supervised learning (SSL) methods have been…

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Accelerated Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) requires careful optimization of k-space sampling patterns to balance acquisition speed and image quality. While recent advances in deep learning have shown promise in optimizing Cartesian…

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MR imaging is a valuable diagnostic tool allowing to non-invasively visualize patient anatomy and pathology with high soft-tissue contrast. However, MRI acquisition is typically time-consuming, leading to patient discomfort and increased…

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Cardiac cine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be considered the optimal criterion for measuring cardiac function. This imaging technique can provide us with detailed information about cardiac structure, tissue composition and even blood…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-25 Nourelhouda Groun , Maria Villalba-Orero , Enrique Lara-Pezzi , Eusebio Valero , Jesus Garicano-Mena , Soledad Le Clainche

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is the gold standard for assessing cardiac function, but individual cardiac cycles complicate automatic temporal comparison or sub-phase analysis. Accurate cardiac keyframe detection can eliminate…

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We went below the MRI acceleration factors (a.k.a., k-space undersampling) reported by all published papers that reference the original fastMRI challenge, and then considered powerful deep learning based image enhancement methods to…

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Motion-compensated MR reconstruction (MCMR) is a powerful concept with considerable potential, consisting of two coupled sub-problems: Motion estimation, assuming a known image, and image reconstruction, assuming known motion. In this work,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-09 Jiazhen Pan , Daniel Rueckert , Thomas Küstner , Kerstin Hammernik

Population imaging studies rely upon good quality medical imagery before downstream image quantification. This study provides an automated approach to assess image quality from cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging at scale. We…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-28 Shahabedin Nabavi , Hossein Simchi , Mohsen Ebrahimi Moghaddam , Alejandro F. Frangi , Ahmad Ali Abin

Compressed sensing (CS) theory assures us that we can accurately reconstruct magnetic resonance images using fewer k-space measurements than the Nyquist sampling rate requires. In traditional CS-MRI inversion methods, the fact that the…

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Background: Accelerated real-time cine (RT-Cine) imaging enables cardiac function assessment without the need for breath-holding. However, when performed during in-magnet exercise, RT-Cine images may exhibit significant motion artifacts.…

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Dynamic MRI reconstruction from undersampled measurements is a challenging inverse problem that requires preserving both spatial reconstruction quality and temporal consistency across the frames of the cine series. While recent…

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In cardiac CINE, motion-compensated MR reconstruction (MCMR) is an effective approach to address highly undersampled acquisitions by incorporating motion information between frames. In this work, we propose a novel perspective for…

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The assessment of mitral regurgitation (MR) using cardiac MRI, particularly Cine MRI, is a promising technique due to its wide availability. However, some of the temporal information available in clinical Cine MRI may not be fully utilised,…

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has become an important technique in the clinic for the visualization, detection, and diagnosis of various diseases. However, one bottleneck limitation of MRI is the relatively slow data acquisition process.…

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Recent advances in deep learning based image segmentation methods have enabled real-time performance with human-level accuracy. However, occasionally even the best method fails due to low image quality, artifacts or unexpected behaviour of…

Acquiring fully-sampled MRI $k$-space data is time-consuming, and collecting accelerated data can reduce the acquisition time. Employing 2D Cartesian-rectilinear subsampling schemes is a conventional approach for accelerated acquisitions;…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-11 George Yiasemis , Clara I. Sánchez , Jan-Jakob Sonke , Jonas Teuwen

The reconstruction of 3D cine-MRI is challenged by highly undersampled k-space data in each cine frame, due to the slow speed of MR signal acquisition. We proposed a machine learning-based framework, spatial and temporal implicit neural…

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Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) plays an indispensable role in cardiac diagnosis. To enable fast imaging, the k-space data can be undersampled but the image reconstruction poses a great challenge of high-dimensional processing.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-03 Zi Wang , Min Xiao , Yirong Zhou , Chengyan Wang , Naiming Wu , Yi Li , Yiwen Gong , Shufu Chang , Yinyin Chen , Liuhong Zhu , Jianjun Zhou , Congbo Cai , He Wang , Di Guo , Guang Yang , Xiaobo Qu