scholarly journals Inner-ear augmented metal artifact reduction with simulation-based 3D generative adversarial networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 101990
Author(s):  
Zihao Wang ◽  
Clair Vandersteen ◽  
Thomas Demarcy ◽  
Dan Gnansia ◽  
Charles Raffaelli ◽  
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Diagnostics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1629
Author(s):  
Tsutomu Gomi ◽  
Rina Sakai ◽  
Hidetake Hara ◽  
Yusuke Watanabe ◽  
Shinya Mizukami

In this study, a novel combination of hybrid generative adversarial networks (GANs) comprising cycle-consistent GAN, pix2pix, and (mask pyramid network) MPN (CGpM-metal artifact reduction [MAR]), was developed using projection data to reduce metal artifacts and the radiation dose during digital tomosynthesis. The CGpM-MAR algorithm was compared with the conventional filtered back projection (FBP) without MAR, FBP with MAR, and convolutional neural network MAR. The MAR rates were compared using the artifact index (AI) and Gumbel distribution of the largest variation analysis using a prosthesis phantom at various radiation doses. The novel CGpM-MAR yielded an adequately effective overall performance in terms of AI. The resulting images yielded good results independently of the type of metal used in the prosthesis phantom (p < 0.05) and good artifact removal at 55% radiation-dose reduction. Furthermore, the CGpM-MAR represented the minimum in the model with the largest variation at 55% radiation-dose reduction. Regarding the AI and Gumbel distribution analysis, the novel CGpM-MAR yielded superior MAR when compared with the conventional reconstruction algorithms with and without MAR at 55% radiation-dose reduction and presented features most similar to the reference FBP. CGpM-MAR presents a promising method for metal artifact and radiation-dose reduction in clinical practice.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benedikt Schwaiger ◽  
Alexandra Gersing ◽  
Daniela Muenzel ◽  
Julia Dangelmaier ◽  
Peter Prodinger ◽  
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2021 ◽  
pp. 028418512110290
Author(s):  
Georg Osterhoff ◽  
Florian A Huber ◽  
Laura C Graf ◽  
Ferdinand Erdlen ◽  
Hans-Christoph Pape ◽  
...  

Background Carbon-reinforced PEEK (C-FRP) implants are non-magnetic and have increasingly been used for the fixation of spinal instabilities. Purpose To compare the effect of different metal artifact reduction (MAR) techniques in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on titanium and C-FRP spinal implants. Material and Methods Rod-pedicle screw constructs were mounted on ovine cadaver spine specimens and instrumented with either eight titanium pedicle screws or pedicle screws made of C-FRP and marked with an ultrathin titanium shell. MR scans were performed of each configuration on a 3-T scanner. MR sequences included transaxial conventional T1-weighted turbo spin echo (TSE) sequences, T2-weighted TSE, and short-tau inversion recovery (STIR) sequences and two different MAR-techniques: high-bandwidth (HB) and view-angle-tilting (VAT) with slice encoding for metal artifact correction (SEMAC). Metal artifact degree was assessed by qualitative and quantitative measures. Results There was a much stronger effect on artifact reduction with using C-FRP implants compared to using specific MRI MAR-techniques (screw shank: P < 0.001; screw tulip: P < 0.001; rod: P < 0.001). VAT-SEMAC sequences were able to reduce screw-related signal loss artifacts in constructs with titanium screws to a certain degree. Constructs with C-FRP screws showed less artifact-related implant diameter amplification when compared to constructs with titanium screws ( P < 0.001). Conclusion Constructs with C-FRP screws are associated with significantly less artifacts compared to constructs with titanium screws including dedicated MAR techniques. Artifact-reducing sequences are able to reduce implant-related artifacts. This effect is stronger in constructs with titanium screws than in constructs with C-FRP screws.


2021 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 100573
Author(s):  
Goli Khaleghi ◽  
Mohammad Hosntalab ◽  
Mahdi Sadeghi ◽  
Reza Reiazi ◽  
Seied Rabi Mahdavi

Author(s):  
Mehrsima Abdoli ◽  
Abolfazl Mehranian ◽  
Angeliki Ailianou ◽  
Minerva Becker ◽  
Habib Zaidi

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