Accelerating Prostate Diffusion-weighted MRI Using a Guided Denoising Convolutional Neural Network: Retrospective Feasibility Study.
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Abstract
To investigate the feasibility of accelerating prostate diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) by reducing the number of acquired averages and denoising the resulting image using a proposed guided denoising convolutional neural network (DnCNN). Raw data from the prostate DWI scans were retrospectively gathered between July 2018 and July 2019 from six single-vendor MRI scanners. There were 103 datasets used for training (median age, 64 years; interquartile range [IQR], 11), 15 for validation (median age, 68 years; IQR, 12), and 37 for testing (median age, 64 years; IQR, 12). High <i>b</i>-value diffusion-weighted (hb DW) data were reconstructed into noisy images using two averages and reference images using all 16 averages. A conventional DnCNN was modified into a guided DnCNN, which uses the low <i>b</i>-value DW image as a guidance input. Quantitative and qualitative reader evaluations were performed on the denoised hb DW images. A cumulative link mixed regression model was used to compare the readers' scores. The agreement between the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps (denoised vs reference) was analyzed using Bland-Altman analysis. Compared with the original DnCNN, the guided DnCNN produced denoised hb DW images with higher peak signal-to-noise ratio (32.79 ± 3.64 [standard deviation] vs 33.74 ± 3.64), higher structural similarity index (0.92 ± 0.05 vs 0.93 ± 0.04), and lower normalized mean square error (3.9% ± 10 vs 1.6% ± 1.5) (<i>P</i> < .001 for all). Compared with the reference images, the denoised images received higher image quality scores from the readers (<i>P</i> < .0001). The ADC values based on the denoised hb DW images were in good agreement with the reference ADC values (mean ADC difference ranged from -0.04 to 0.02 × 10<sup>-3</sup> mm<sup>2</sup>/sec). Accelerating prostate DWI by reducing the number of acquired averages and denoising the resulting image using the proposed guided DnCNN is technically feasible. <i>Supplemental material is available for this article.</i> © RSNA, 2020.