An in vivo validation dataset for dynamic volumetric MRI

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Main Authors: van Riel, Max H. C., Heesterbeek, David G. J., Froeling, Martijn, Berg, Cornelis A. T. van den, Sbrizzi, Alessandro
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author van Riel, Max H. C.
Heesterbeek, David G. J.
Froeling, Martijn
Berg, Cornelis A. T. van den
Sbrizzi, Alessandro
author_facet van Riel, Max H. C.
Heesterbeek, David G. J.
Froeling, Martijn
Berg, Cornelis A. T. van den
Sbrizzi, Alessandro
contents Dynamic volumetric MRI provides valuable information on in vivo motion and biomechanics, with applications spanning cardiac, musculoskeletal, or pulmonary imaging, amongst others. Developing reconstruction methods for time-resolved volumetric MRI is challenging due to the inherently slow acquisition process of MRI, which makes it an active area of research. However, in vivo validation of these methods remains challenging due to the lack of publicly available datasets with fully sampled ground-truth images. Here, we present a publicly available in vivo dataset designed to facilitate the development and validation of dynamic volumetric MRI reconstruction algorithms. Controlled and repeatable deformations of the muscles in the thigh were induced using a pneumatic pressure cuff, enabling the acquisition of both undersampled dynamic data and fully sampled validation images. The dataset comprises multichannel undersampled k-space data from nine healthy volunteers across four different dynamic deformations, with fully sampled validation data for one deformation. Additionally, an anatomical reference scan and muscle segmentation masks are provided for each subject. To illustrate a possible image reconstruction and validation approach, a binning-based reconstruction was performed on the undersampled data from six dynamic repetitions. The resulting images were consistent with the corresponding fully sampled validation images. This dataset offers possibilities for validating and advancing time-resolved volumetric MRI reconstruction methods.
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spellingShingle An in vivo validation dataset for dynamic volumetric MRI
van Riel, Max H. C.
Heesterbeek, David G. J.
Froeling, Martijn
Berg, Cornelis A. T. van den
Sbrizzi, Alessandro
Medical Physics
Dynamic volumetric MRI provides valuable information on in vivo motion and biomechanics, with applications spanning cardiac, musculoskeletal, or pulmonary imaging, amongst others. Developing reconstruction methods for time-resolved volumetric MRI is challenging due to the inherently slow acquisition process of MRI, which makes it an active area of research. However, in vivo validation of these methods remains challenging due to the lack of publicly available datasets with fully sampled ground-truth images. Here, we present a publicly available in vivo dataset designed to facilitate the development and validation of dynamic volumetric MRI reconstruction algorithms. Controlled and repeatable deformations of the muscles in the thigh were induced using a pneumatic pressure cuff, enabling the acquisition of both undersampled dynamic data and fully sampled validation images. The dataset comprises multichannel undersampled k-space data from nine healthy volunteers across four different dynamic deformations, with fully sampled validation data for one deformation. Additionally, an anatomical reference scan and muscle segmentation masks are provided for each subject. To illustrate a possible image reconstruction and validation approach, a binning-based reconstruction was performed on the undersampled data from six dynamic repetitions. The resulting images were consistent with the corresponding fully sampled validation images. This dataset offers possibilities for validating and advancing time-resolved volumetric MRI reconstruction methods.
title An in vivo validation dataset for dynamic volumetric MRI
topic Medical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.08918