Variational adversarial networks for accelerated MR image reconstruction

Kerstin Hammernik, Erich Kobler, Thomas Pock, Michael P Recht, Daniel K Sodickson, Florian Knoll

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Abstract

Inspired by variational networks and adversarial training, we introduce variational adversarial networks for accelerated MR image reconstruction to overcome typical limitations of using simple image quality measures as loss functions for training. While simple loss functions, such as mean-squared-error and structural similarity index, result in low resolution and blurry images, we show that the proposed variational adversarial network leads to sharper images and preserves fine details for clinical low and high SNR patient data.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISMRM-ESMRMB 2018 Abstracts
Subtitle of host publicationInternational Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
Place of PublicationBerkeley, Kalifornien (USA
Pages1091-1091
Number of pages1
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2018
Externally publishedYes
EventJoint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB 2018 - Paris, France
Duration: 16 Jun 201821 Jun 2018

Conference

ConferenceJoint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB 2018
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period16.06.201821.06.2018

Fields of science

  • 102037 Visualisation

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