Quantification of MR spectra by deep learning in an idealized setting: Investigation of forms of input, network architectures, optimization by ensembles of networks, and training bias

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26220%2F22%3APU147466" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26220/22:PU147466 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/68081731:_____/23:00567321

Result on the web

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mrm.29561" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mrm.29561</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.29561" target="_blank" >10.1002/mrm.29561</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Quantification of MR spectra by deep learning in an idealized setting: Investigation of forms of input, network architectures, optimization by ensembles of networks, and training bias

Original language description

Purpose: The aims of this work are (1) to explore deep learning (DL) architectures, spectroscopic input types, and learning designs toward optimal quantification in MR spectroscopy of simulated pathological spectra; and (2) to demonstrate accuracy and precision of DL predictions in view of inherent bias toward the training distribution. Methods: Simulated 1D spectra and 2D spectrograms that mimic an extensive range of pathological in vivo conditions are used to train and test 24 different DL architectures. Active learning through altered training and testing data distributions is probed to optimize quantification performance. Ensembles of networks are explored to improve DL robustness and reduce the variance of estimates. A set of scores compares performances of DL predictions and traditional model fitting (MF). Results: Ensembles of heterogeneous networks that combine 1D frequency-domain and 2D time-frequency domain spectrograms as input perform best. Dataset augmentation with active learning can improve performance, but gains are limited. MF is more accurate, although DL appears to be more precise at low SNR. However, this overall improved precision originates from a strong bias for cases with high uncertainty toward the dataset the network has been trained with, tending toward its average value. Conclusion: MF mostly performs better compared to the faster DL approach. Potential intrinsic biases on training sets are dangerous in a clinical context that requires the algorithm to be unbiased to outliers (i.e., pathological data). Active learning and ensemble of networks are good strategies to improve prediction performances. However, data quality (sufficient SNR) has proven as a bottleneck for adequate unbiased performance-like in the case of MF.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10304 - Nuclear physics

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE

ISSN

0740-3194

e-ISSN

1522-2594

Volume of the periodical

1

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

1-21

UT code for WoS article

000900224800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85144170359