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3 January 2025 A transformer-based framework for non-Cartesian MRI reconstruction
Wuzheng Ji, Ze Zhang, Huiyuan Tan, Wenhui Yang, Hui Wang, Xin Liu, Qiuliang Wang
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Proceedings Volume 13442, Fifth International Conference on Signal Processing and Computer Science (SPCS 2024); 134421F (2025) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3052951
Event: Fifth International Conference on Signal Processing and Computer Science (SPCS 2024), 2024, Kaifeng, China
Abstract
Non-Cartesian reconstruction is a crucial technique for accelerating MRI. However, traditional non-Cartesian reconstruction algorithms often result in suboptimal image quality. Recently, deep neural networks have emerged as powerful tools for MRI reconstruction, yet their application to non-Cartesian acquisitions remains underexplored. Transformer-based approaches have shown impressive performance in image super-resolution, prompting us to explore their potential in this domain. To tackle these challenges, this paper introduces a novel framework that combines non-Cartesian image reconstruction techniques with a Transformer-based network. The proposed framework comprises non-uniform Fourier transform, image feature extraction, and image reconstruction modules. To assess the effectiveness of our approach, we performed experiments using the single-coil knee dataset from fastMRI. Compared to other methods, our proposed approach demonstrated a 2.024 dB improvement in PSNR and a 0.117 increase in SSIM under a 4x accelerated radial undersampling condition.
(2025) Published by SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Wuzheng Ji, Ze Zhang, Huiyuan Tan, Wenhui Yang, Hui Wang, Xin Liu, and Qiuliang Wang "A transformer-based framework for non-Cartesian MRI reconstruction", Proc. SPIE 13442, Fifth International Conference on Signal Processing and Computer Science (SPCS 2024), 134421F (3 January 2025); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3052951
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KEYWORDS
Image restoration

Magnetic resonance imaging

Image processing

Medical image reconstruction

Neural networks

Feature extraction

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