Toward deep learning replacement of gadolinium in neuro-oncology: A review of contrast-enhanced synthetic MRI

E Moya-Sáez, R de Luis-García… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) have become a crucial part of MRI acquisitions
in neuro-oncology for the detection, characterization and monitoring of brain tumors …

Cross-modality neuroimage synthesis: a survey

G **e, Y Huang, J Wang, J Lyu, F Zheng… - ACM computing …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Multi-modality imaging improves disease diagnosis and reveals distinct deviations in tissues
with anatomical properties. The existence of completely aligned and paired multi-modality …

Can deep learning replace gadolinium in neuro-oncology?: a reader study

S Ammari, A Bône, C Balleyguier, E Moulton… - Investigative …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives This study proposes and evaluates a deep learning method that predicts
surrogate images for contrast-enhanced T1 from multiparametric magnetic resonance …

Reduction of gadolinium-based contrast agents in MRI using convolutional neural networks and different input protocols: limited interchangeability of synthesized …

R Haase, T Pinetz, Z Bendella, E Kobler… - Investigative …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Objectives The purpose of this study was to implement a state-of-the-art convolutional neural
network used to synthesize artificial T1-weighted (T1w) full-dose images from corresponding …

Magnetic resonance imaging contrast enhancement synthesis using cascade networks with local supervision

H **e, Y Lei, T Wang, J Roper, M Axente… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Gadolinium‐based contrast agents (GBCAs) are widely administrated in MR
imaging for diagnostic studies and treatment planning. Although GBCAs are generally …

Gadolinium dose reduction for brain MRI using conditional deep learning

T Pinetz, E Kobler, R Haase, JA Luetkens… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Recently, deep learning (DL)-based methods have been proposed for the computational
reduction of gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) to mitigate adverse side effects …

Virtual contrast enhancement for CT scans of abdomen and pelvis

J Liu, Y Tian, C Duzgol, O Akin, AM Ağıldere… - … Medical Imaging and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Contrast agents are commonly used to highlight blood vessels, organs, and other structures
in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) scans. However …

From dose reduction to contrast maximization: can deep learning amplify the impact of contrast media on brain magnetic resonance image quality? A reader study

A Bône, S Ammari, Y Menu, C Balleyguier… - Investigative …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate a deep learning method designed to
increase the contrast-to-noise ratio in contrast-enhanced gradient echo T1-weighted brain …

Artificial T1-weighted postcontrast brain MRI: a deep learning method for contrast signal extraction

R Haase, T Pinetz, E Kobler, Z Bendella… - Investigative …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Objectives Reducing gadolinium-based contrast agents to lower costs, the environmental
impact of gadolinium-containing wastewater, and patient exposure is still an unresolved …

Model generalizability investigation for GFCE-MRI synthesis in NPC radiotherapy using multi-institutional patient-based data normalization

W Li, S Lam, Y Wang, C Liu, T Li… - IEEE journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, deep learning has been demonstrated to be feasible in eliminating the use of
gadoliniumbased contrast agents (GBCAs) through synthesizing gadolinium-free contrast …