A latent space for unsupervised MR image quality control via artifact assessment

Lianrui Zuo, Yuan Xue, Blake E. Dewey, Yihao Liu, Jerry L. Prince, Aaron Carass

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Abstract

Image quality control (IQC) can be used in automated magnetic resonance (MR) image analysis to exclude erroneous results caused by poorly acquired or artifact-laden images. Existing IQC methods for MR imaging generally require human effort to craft meaningful features or label large datasets for supervised training. The involvement of human labor can be burdensome and biased, as labeling MR images based on their quality is a subjective task. In this paper, we propose an automatic IQC method that evaluates the extent of artifacts in MR images without supervision. In particular, we design an artifact encoding network that learns representations of artifacts based on contrastive learning. We then use a normalizing flow to estimate the density of learned representations for unsupervised classification. Our experiments on large-scale multi-cohort MR datasets show that the proposed method accurately detects images with high levels of artifacts, which can inform downstream analysis tasks about potentially flawed data.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMedical Imaging 2023
Subtitle of host publicationImage Processing
EditorsOlivier Colliot, Ivana Isgum
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510660335
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
EventMedical Imaging 2023: Image Processing - San Diego, United States
Duration: Feb 19 2023Feb 23 2023

Publication series

NameProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Volume12464
ISSN (Print)1605-7422

Conference

ConferenceMedical Imaging 2023: Image Processing
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period2/19/232/23/23

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biomaterials
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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