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Prospective intraindividual comparison of a standard 2D TSE MRI protocol for ankle imaging and a deep learning-based
Gabriel Keller1, Arne Estler2, Judith Herrmann2
1Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076, Tübingen, Germany. gabriel.keller@med.uni-tuebingen.de.
Purpose:
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan time remains a limited and valuable resource. This study evaluates the diagnostic performance of a deep learning (DL)-based accelerated TSE study protocol compared to a standard TSE study protocol in ankle MRI.
Material And Methods:
Between October 2020 and July 2021 forty-seven patients were enrolled in this study for an intraindividual comparison of a standard TSE study protocol and a DL TSE study protocol either on a 1.5 T or a 3 T scanner. Two radiologists evaluated the examinations regarding structural pathologies and image quality categories (5-point-Likert-scale; 1 = "non diagnostic", 5 = "excellent").
Results:
Both readers showed almost perfect/perfect agreement of DL TSE with standard TSE in all analyzed structural pathologies (0.81-1.00) with a median "good" or "excellent" rating (4-5/5) in all image quality categories in both 1.5 T and 3 T MRI. The reduction of total acquisition time of DL TSE compared to standard TSE was 49% in 1.5 T and 48% in 3 T MRI to a total acquisition time of 5 min 41 s and 5 min 46 s.
Conclusion:
In ankle MRI the new DL-based accelerated TSE study protocol delivers high agreement with standard TSE and high image quality, while reducing the acquisition time by 48%.
