Learning Scan-Adaptive MRI Undersampling Patterns with Pre-Optimized Mask Supervision

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Main Authors: Dhar, Aryan, Gautam, Siddhant, Ravishankar, Saiprasad
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author Dhar, Aryan
Gautam, Siddhant
Ravishankar, Saiprasad
author_facet Dhar, Aryan
Gautam, Siddhant
Ravishankar, Saiprasad
contents Deep learning techniques have gained considerable attention for their ability to accelerate MRI data acquisition while maintaining scan quality. In this work, we present a convolutional neural network (CNN) based framework for learning undersampling patterns directly from multi-coil MRI data. Unlike prior approaches that rely on in-training mask optimization, our method is trained with precomputed scan-adaptive optimized masks as supervised labels, enabling efficient and robust scan-specific sampling. The training procedure alternates between optimizing a reconstructor and a data-driven sampling network, which generates scan-specific sampling patterns from observed low-frequency $k$-space data. Experiments on the fastMRI multi-coil knee dataset demonstrate significant improvements in sampling efficiency and image reconstruction quality, providing a robust framework for enhancing MRI acquisition through deep learning.
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spellingShingle Learning Scan-Adaptive MRI Undersampling Patterns with Pre-Optimized Mask Supervision
Dhar, Aryan
Gautam, Siddhant
Ravishankar, Saiprasad
Image and Video Processing
Deep learning techniques have gained considerable attention for their ability to accelerate MRI data acquisition while maintaining scan quality. In this work, we present a convolutional neural network (CNN) based framework for learning undersampling patterns directly from multi-coil MRI data. Unlike prior approaches that rely on in-training mask optimization, our method is trained with precomputed scan-adaptive optimized masks as supervised labels, enabling efficient and robust scan-specific sampling. The training procedure alternates between optimizing a reconstructor and a data-driven sampling network, which generates scan-specific sampling patterns from observed low-frequency $k$-space data. Experiments on the fastMRI multi-coil knee dataset demonstrate significant improvements in sampling efficiency and image reconstruction quality, providing a robust framework for enhancing MRI acquisition through deep learning.
title Learning Scan-Adaptive MRI Undersampling Patterns with Pre-Optimized Mask Supervision
topic Image and Video Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.16846