Variational U-Net with Local Alignment for Joint Tumor Extraction and Registration (VALOR-Net) of Breast MRI Data Acquired at Two Different Field Strengths
Background: Multiparametric breast MRI data might improve tumor diagnostics, characterization, and treatment planning. Accurate alignment and delineation of images acquired at different field strengths such as 3T and 7T, remain challenging research tasks. Purpose: To address alignment challenges and enable consistent tumor segmentation across different MRI field strengths. Study type: Retrospective. Subjects: Nine female subjects with breast tumors were involved: six histologically proven invasive ductal carcinomas (IDC) and three fibroadenomas. Field strength/sequence: Imaging was performed at 3T and 7T scanners using post-contrast T1-weighted three-dimensional time-resolved angiography with stochastic trajectories (TWIST) sequence. Assessments: The method's performance for joint image registration and tumor segmentation was evaluated using several quantitative metrics, including signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), structural similarity index (SSIM), normalized cross-correlation (NCC), Dice coefficient, F1 score, and relative sum of squared differences (rel SSD). Statistical tests: The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to test the relationship between the registration and segmentation metrics. Results: When calculated for each subject individually, the PSNR was in a range from 27.5 to 34.5 dB, and the SSIM was from 82.6 to 92.8%. The model achieved an NCC from 96.4 to 99.3% and a Dice coefficient of 62.9 to 95.3%. The F1 score was between 55.4 and 93.2% and the rel SSD was in the range of 2.0 and 7.5%. The segmentation metrics Dice and F1 Score are highly correlated (0.995), while a moderate correlation between NCC and SSIM (0.681) was found for registration. Data conclusion: Initial results demonstrate that the proposed method may be feasible in providing joint tumor segmentation and registration of MRI data acquired at different field strengths.
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