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- Title
Denoising of hyperpolarized <sup>13</sup>C MR images of the human brain using patch‐based higher‐order singular value decomposition.
- Authors
Kim, Yaewon; Chen, Hsin‐Yu; Autry, Adam W.; Villanueva‐Meyer, Javier; Chang, Susan M.; Li, Yan; Larson, Peder E. Z.; Brender, Jeffrey R.; Krishna, Murali C.; Xu, Duan; Vigneron, Daniel B.; Gordon, Jeremy W.
- Abstract
Purpose: To improve hyperpolarized 13C (HP‐13C) MRI by image denoising with a new approach, patch‐based higher‐order singular value decomposition (HOSVD). Methods: The benefit of using a patch‐based HOSVD method to denoise dynamic HP‐13C MR imaging data was investigated. Image quality and the accuracy of quantitative analyses following denoising were evaluated first using simulated data of [1‐13C]pyruvate and its metabolic product, [1‐13C]lactate, and compared the results to a global HOSVD method. The patch‐based HOSVD method was then applied to healthy volunteer HP [1‐13C]pyruvate EPI studies. Voxel‐wise kinetic modeling was performed on both non‐denoised and denoised data to compare the number of voxels quantifiable based on SNR criteria and fitting error. Results: Simulation results demonstrated an 8‐fold increase in the calculated SNR of [1‐13C]pyruvate and [1‐13C]lactate with the patch‐based HOSVD denoising. The voxel‐wise quantification of kPL (pyruvate‐to‐lactate conversion rate) showed a 9‐fold decrease in standard errors for the fitted kPL after denoising. The patch‐based denoising performed superior to the global denoising in recovering kPL information. In volunteer data sets, [1‐13C]lactate and [13C]bicarbonate signals became distinguishable from noise across captured time points with over a 5‐fold apparent SNR gain. This resulted in >3‐fold increase in the number of voxels quantifiable for mapping kPB (pyruvate‐to‐bicarbonate conversion rate) and whole brain coverage for mapping kPL. Conclusions: Sensitivity enhancement provided by this denoising significantly improved quantification of metabolite dynamics and could benefit future studies by improving image quality, enabling higher spatial resolution, and facilitating the extraction of metabolic information for clinical research.
- Subjects
HEWLETT-Packard Development Co. LP; SINGULAR value decomposition; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; IMAGE denoising; BRAIN imaging; SPATIAL resolution
- Publication
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2021, Vol 86, Issue 5, p2497
- ISSN
0740-3194
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/mrm.28887