Self-Supervised Noise Adaptive MRI Denoising via Repetition to Repetition (Rep2Rep) Learning

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Autores principales: Janjušević, Nikola, Chen, Jingjia, Ginocchio, Luke, Bruno, Mary, Huang, Yuhui, Wang, Yao, Chandarana, Hersh, Feng, Li
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author Janjušević, Nikola
Chen, Jingjia
Ginocchio, Luke
Bruno, Mary
Huang, Yuhui
Wang, Yao
Chandarana, Hersh
Feng, Li
author_facet Janjušević, Nikola
Chen, Jingjia
Ginocchio, Luke
Bruno, Mary
Huang, Yuhui
Wang, Yao
Chandarana, Hersh
Feng, Li
contents Purpose: This work proposes a novel self-supervised noise-adaptive image denoising framework, called Repetition to Repetition (Rep2Rep) learning, for low-field (<1T) MRI applications. Methods: Rep2Rep learning extends the Noise2Noise framework by training a neural network on two repeated MRI acquisitions, using one repetition as input and another as target, without requiring ground-truth data. It incorporates noise-adaptive training, enabling denoising generalization across varying noise levels and flexible inference with any number of repetitions. Performance was evaluated on both synthetic noisy brain MRI and 0.55T prostate MRI data, and compared against supervised learning and Monte Carlo Stein's Unbiased Risk Estimator (MC-SURE). Results: Rep2Rep learning outperforms MC-SURE on both synthetic and 0.55T MRI datasets. On synthetic brain data, it achieved denoising quality comparable to supervised learning and surpassed MC-SURE, particularly in preserving structural details and reducing residual noise. On the 0.55T prostate MRI dataset, a reader study showed radiologists preferred Rep2Rep-denoised 2-average images over 8-average noisy images. Rep2Rep demonstrated robustness to noise-level discrepancies between training and inference, supporting its practical implementation. Conclusion: Rep2Rep learning offers an effective self-supervised denoising for low-field MRI by leveraging routinely acquired multi-repetition data. Its noise-adaptivity enables generalization to different SNR regimes without clean reference images. This makes Rep2Rep learning a promising tool for improving image quality and scan efficiency in low-field MRI.
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spellingShingle Self-Supervised Noise Adaptive MRI Denoising via Repetition to Repetition (Rep2Rep) Learning
Janjušević, Nikola
Chen, Jingjia
Ginocchio, Luke
Bruno, Mary
Huang, Yuhui
Wang, Yao
Chandarana, Hersh
Feng, Li
Image and Video Processing
Purpose: This work proposes a novel self-supervised noise-adaptive image denoising framework, called Repetition to Repetition (Rep2Rep) learning, for low-field (<1T) MRI applications. Methods: Rep2Rep learning extends the Noise2Noise framework by training a neural network on two repeated MRI acquisitions, using one repetition as input and another as target, without requiring ground-truth data. It incorporates noise-adaptive training, enabling denoising generalization across varying noise levels and flexible inference with any number of repetitions. Performance was evaluated on both synthetic noisy brain MRI and 0.55T prostate MRI data, and compared against supervised learning and Monte Carlo Stein's Unbiased Risk Estimator (MC-SURE). Results: Rep2Rep learning outperforms MC-SURE on both synthetic and 0.55T MRI datasets. On synthetic brain data, it achieved denoising quality comparable to supervised learning and surpassed MC-SURE, particularly in preserving structural details and reducing residual noise. On the 0.55T prostate MRI dataset, a reader study showed radiologists preferred Rep2Rep-denoised 2-average images over 8-average noisy images. Rep2Rep demonstrated robustness to noise-level discrepancies between training and inference, supporting its practical implementation. Conclusion: Rep2Rep learning offers an effective self-supervised denoising for low-field MRI by leveraging routinely acquired multi-repetition data. Its noise-adaptivity enables generalization to different SNR regimes without clean reference images. This makes Rep2Rep learning a promising tool for improving image quality and scan efficiency in low-field MRI.
title Self-Supervised Noise Adaptive MRI Denoising via Repetition to Repetition (Rep2Rep) Learning
topic Image and Video Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.17698