Conditional Denoising Diffusion Model-Based Robust MR Image Reconstruction from Highly Undersampled Data

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Main Authors: Alsubaie, Mohammed, Liu, Wenxi, Gu, Linxia, Andronesi, Ovidiu C., Perera, Sirani M., Li, Xianqi
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author Alsubaie, Mohammed
Liu, Wenxi
Gu, Linxia
Andronesi, Ovidiu C.
Perera, Sirani M.
Li, Xianqi
author_facet Alsubaie, Mohammed
Liu, Wenxi
Gu, Linxia
Andronesi, Ovidiu C.
Perera, Sirani M.
Li, Xianqi
contents Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a critical tool in modern medical diagnostics, yet its prolonged acquisition time remains a critical limitation, especially in time-sensitive clinical scenarios. While undersampling strategies can accelerate image acquisition, they often result in image artifacts and degraded quality. Recent diffusion models have shown promise for reconstructing high-fidelity images from undersampled data by learning powerful image priors; however, most existing approaches either (i) rely on unsupervised score functions without paired supervision or (ii) apply data consistency only as a post-processing step. In this work, we introduce a conditional denoising diffusion framework with iterative data-consistency correction, which differs from prior methods by embedding the measurement model directly into every reverse diffusion step and training the model on paired undersampled-ground truth data. This hybrid design bridges generative flexibility with explicit enforcement of MRI physics. Experiments on the fastMRI dataset demonstrate that our framework consistently outperforms recent state-of-the-art deep learning and diffusion-based methods in SSIM, PSNR, and LPIPS, with LPIPS capturing perceptual improvements more faithfully. These results demonstrate that integrating conditional supervision with iterative consistency updates yields substantial improvements in both pixel-level fidelity and perceptual realism, establishing a principled and practical advance toward robust, accelerated MRI reconstruction.
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spellingShingle Conditional Denoising Diffusion Model-Based Robust MR Image Reconstruction from Highly Undersampled Data
Alsubaie, Mohammed
Liu, Wenxi
Gu, Linxia
Andronesi, Ovidiu C.
Perera, Sirani M.
Li, Xianqi
Image and Video Processing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a critical tool in modern medical diagnostics, yet its prolonged acquisition time remains a critical limitation, especially in time-sensitive clinical scenarios. While undersampling strategies can accelerate image acquisition, they often result in image artifacts and degraded quality. Recent diffusion models have shown promise for reconstructing high-fidelity images from undersampled data by learning powerful image priors; however, most existing approaches either (i) rely on unsupervised score functions without paired supervision or (ii) apply data consistency only as a post-processing step. In this work, we introduce a conditional denoising diffusion framework with iterative data-consistency correction, which differs from prior methods by embedding the measurement model directly into every reverse diffusion step and training the model on paired undersampled-ground truth data. This hybrid design bridges generative flexibility with explicit enforcement of MRI physics. Experiments on the fastMRI dataset demonstrate that our framework consistently outperforms recent state-of-the-art deep learning and diffusion-based methods in SSIM, PSNR, and LPIPS, with LPIPS capturing perceptual improvements more faithfully. These results demonstrate that integrating conditional supervision with iterative consistency updates yields substantial improvements in both pixel-level fidelity and perceptual realism, establishing a principled and practical advance toward robust, accelerated MRI reconstruction.
title Conditional Denoising Diffusion Model-Based Robust MR Image Reconstruction from Highly Undersampled Data
topic Image and Video Processing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06335