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ArticleIEEE open journal of engineering in medicine and biology2024

Unrolled Optimization via Physics-Assisted Convolutional Neural Network for MR-Based Electrical Properties Tomography: A Numerical Investigation.

Sabrina Zumbo, Stefano Mandija, Ettore F Meliado, Peter Stijnman, Thierry G Meerbothe, Cornelis A T van den Berg, Tommaso Isernia, Martina T Bevacqua

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Article in IEEE open journal of engineering in medicine and biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Clinical Applications of Electrical Conductivity Imaging Using MRI.Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2026
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Sabrina ZumboDepartment DIIESUniversità Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria 89124 Reggio Calabria Italy.
Stefano MandijaDepartment of Radiotherapy, Division of Imaging & OncologyUniversity Medical Center Utrecht 3584 CX Utrecht The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4612-5509
Ettore F MeliadoComputational Imaging Group for MR Diagnostics & Therapy, Center for Image SciencesUtrecht University 3584 CS Utrecht The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1240-3141
Peter StijnmanDepartment of Radiotherapy, Division of Imaging & OncologyUniversity Medical Center Utrecht 3584 CX Utrecht The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8277-1420
Thierry G MeerbotheDepartment of Radiotherapy, Division of Imaging & OncologyUniversity Medical Center Utrecht 3584 CX Utrecht The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5736-1038
Cornelis A T van den BergDepartment of Radiotherapy, Division of Imaging & OncologyUniversity Medical Center Utrecht 3584 CX Utrecht The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5565-6889
Tommaso IserniaDepartment DIIESUniversità Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria 89124 Reggio Calabria Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3830-9540
Martina T BevacquaDepartment DIIESUniversità Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria 89124 Reggio Calabria Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6557-1283

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Abstract

Magnetic Resonance imaging based Electrical Properties Tomography (MR-EPT) is a non-invasive technique that measures the electrical properties (EPs) of biological tissues. In this work, we present and numerically investigate the performance of an unrolled, physics-assisted method for 2D MR-EPT reconstructions, where a cascade of Convolutional Neural Networks is used to compute the contrast update. Each network takes in input the EPs and the gradient descent direction (encoding the physics underlying the adopted scattering model) and returns as output the updated contrast function. The network is trained and tested in silico using 2D slices of realistic brain models at 128 MHz. Results show the capability of the proposed procedure to reconstruct EPs maps with quality comparable to that of the popular Contrast Source Inversion-EPT, while significantly reducing the computational time.

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Convolutional neural networkelectrical propertiesinverse scattering problemslearning methodsmagnetic resonance imaging

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PMID39050972
PMCPMC11268945

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