Flexible Conditional Image Generation of Missing Data with Learned Mental Maps

Benjamin Hou, Athanasios Vlontzos, Amir Alansary, Daniel Rueckert, Bernhard Kainz

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Abstract

Real-world settings often do not allow acquisition of high-resolution volumetric images for accurate morphological assessment and diagnostic. In clinical practice it is frequently common to acquire only sparse data (e.g. individual slices) for initial diagnostic decision making. Thereby, physicians rely on their prior knowledge (or mental maps) of the human anatomy to extrapolate the underlying 3D information. Accurate mental maps require years of anatomy training, which in the first instance relies on normative learning, i.e. excluding pathology. In this paper, we leverage Bayesian Deep Learning and environment mapping to generate full volumetric anatomy representations from none to a small, sparse set of slices. We evaluate proof of concept implementations based on Generative Query Networks (GQN) and Conditional BRUNO using abdominal CT and brain MRI as well as in a clinical application involving sparse, motion-corrupted MR acquisition for fetal imaging. Our approach allows to reconstruct 3D volumes from 1 to 4 tomographic slices, with a SSIM of 0.7+ and cross-correlation of 0.8+ compared to the 3D ground truth.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMachine Learning for Medical Image Reconstruction - 2nd International Workshop, MLMIR 2019, held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2019, Proceedings
EditorsFlorian Knoll, Andreas Maier, Daniel Rueckert, Jong Chul Ye
PublisherSpringer
Pages139-150
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783030338428
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Workshop on Machine Learning for Medical Image Reconstruction, MLMIR 2019 held in Conjunction with 22nd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2019 - Shenzhen, China
Duration: 17 Oct 201917 Oct 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11905 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference2nd International Workshop on Machine Learning for Medical Image Reconstruction, MLMIR 2019 held in Conjunction with 22nd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShenzhen
Period17/10/1917/10/19

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