arXiv AI

Harnessing Magnitude-Only and Complex Measurements for Improved Dynamic MRI Reconstruction with Learned Priors

The paper introduces τ+C+Mag, a physics‑driven deep learning method that incorporates auxiliary k‑space magnitude information into accelerated steady‑state dynamic MRI reconstruction. By observing strong consistency of k‑space magnitudes across time‑frames, the authors develop an ADMM‑based unrolling framework with a magnitude‑aware data‑fidelity term, using quadratically smoothed optimization and momentum updates to handle non‑differentiability and non‑convexity. Experiments on retrospectively and prospectively undersampled cine and phase‑contrast flow MRI datasets show improved artifact suppression, sharper anatomical detail, and better phase preservation compared to conventional PD‑DL approaches, as confirmed by blinded expert readers.

arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 27

FlowMoDL: Model-Based Deep Learning with Conjugate-Gradient Data Consistency for Highly Accelerated 4D Flow MRI Reconstruction

FlowMoDL is an unrolled neural network designed for highly accelerated 4D flow MRI reconstruction, optimizing both anatomical magnitude and phase-derived velocity accuracy. It alternates a learned (3+1)D spatiotemporal denoiser with conjugate‑gradient data‑consistency updates, using a dual‑pathway conditioning scheme to handle acceleration factors from 10× to 50×. Trained with a deep‑supervision composite loss that penalizes velocity magnitude and angular errors, FlowMoDL outperforms classical and deep‑learning baselines on the multi‑center CMRx4DFlow dataset, achieving superior gradient‑step efficiency and robust convergence across all acceleration factors.

By Tristan Gottwald, Michelle Bruch, Mubashir-Ul Hassan, Fatma Alickovic, Milan Kloiber, Daniel Tenbrinck, Torsten Panholzer, Melanie Schaller, Jana Hutter
arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 3

Data-Efficient Networks for Multi-Contrast MRI Reconstruction based on a Generalized Content/Style Prior

The paper introduces CoSMo-RecNet, a modular framework for multi-contrast MRI reconstruction that operates effectively in low-data regimes. It leverages a reusable content/style prior learned from large, unpaired multi-contrast image datasets, allowing a lightweight unrolled network to refine reconstructions using only a few task‑specific training samples. Experiments on low‑field 0.3 T and ultra‑low‑field 47 mT datasets demonstrate that CoSMo-RecNet outperforms parameter‑matched MoDL, classical reconstruction, transfer learning, and zero‑shot methods, achieving higher quality with as few as five training subjects.

By Chinmay Rao, Efe Il{\i}cak, Matthias J. P. van Osch, Mariya Doneva, Laurens Beljaards, Navid Jabarimani, Nicola Pezzotti, Marius Staring
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 19

Primitive Representation Learning for Unsupervised Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI Reconstruction

The paper presents a primitive‑based framework for reconstructing dynamic contrast‑enhanced MRI at high undersampling rates. It separates anatomy, contrast dynamics, and motion into distinct temporal basis functions, allowing a geometric interpretation of the data. The method matches conventional reconstruction quality and accurately extracts aorta and kidney enhancement curves, with a modular design that can accommodate additional dynamic factors and higher acceleration.

By Veronika Spieker, Wenqi Huang, Cemre Ariyurek, Liam Timms, Daniel Rueckert, Onur Afacan, Julia A. Schnabel, Sila Kurugol
arXiv AI
Jun 2

CoilDrop-MRI: Self-supervised physics-guided MRI reconstruction with coil dropout

arXiv:2606. 00100v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Self-supervised deep learning-based methods have shown great promise for accelerated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reconstruction, achieving high image quality without requiring fully sampled data for training.

By Tongxi Song, Ziyu Li, Zihan Li, Wen Zhong, Congyu Liao, Yang Yang, Hua Guo, Wenchuan Wu, Qiyuan Tian
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Jul 7

PhyMRI-SR: Toward Physics-Aware MRI Image Super-Resolution

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) super-resolution is vital for improving diagnostic accessibility, yet most methods treat it as a deterministic mapping from a fixed low-resolution input to a high-resolution target. This overlooks a key property of MRI acquisition physics: spatial resolution and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) are inherently coupled, making any given low-resolution scan merely one of many possible realizations under varying acquisition trade-offs.

arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 1

MRpro: open framework for model-based, learned, and quantitative MR imaging

arXiv:2507.23129v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We preseent an open-source image reconstruction package built upon PyTorch, enabling modern deep-learning reconstructions. It uses open data...

By Felix Frederik Zimmermann, Patrick Schuenke, Christoph S. Aigner, Bill A. Bernhardt, Mara Guastini, Johannes Hammacher, Noah Jaitner, Andreas Kofler, Leonid Lunin, Stefan Martin, Catarina Redshaw Kranich, Jakob Schattenfroh, David Schote, Yanglei Wu, Christoph Kolbitsch
arXiv AI
Aug 24

Consistency Models for Fast MRI Reconstruction Using Regularization by Denoising

The paper introduces CM-RED, a fast MRI reconstruction method that combines a pretrained consistency model with the regularization by denoising framework. By integrating controlled noise injection into accelerated proximal gradient updates, CM-RED achieves high‑quality reconstructions on fastMRI knee and brain datasets with only four network function evaluations. It consistently outperforms existing diffusion‑ and consistency‑based approaches in quantitative metrics, visual fidelity, and robustness to hyperparameter changes.

By Merve G\"ulle, Junno Yun, Ya\c{s}ar Utku Al\c{c}alar, Mehmet Ak\c{c}akaya