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AI-ADC: Channel and Spatial Attention-Based Contrastive Learning to Generate ADC Maps from T2W MRI for Prostate
Kutsev Bengisu Ozyoruk1, Stephanie A Harmon1, Nathan S Lay1
1Artificial Intelligence Resource, Molecular Imaging Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Background/Objectives:
Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) maps in prostate MRI can reveal tumor characteristics, but their accuracy can be compromised by artifacts related with patient motion or rectal gas associated distortions. To address these challenges, we propose a novel approach that utilizes a Generative Adversarial Network to synthesize ADC maps from T2-weighted magnetic resonance images (T2W MRI).
Methods:
By leveraging contrastive learning, our model accurately maps axial T2W MRI to ADC maps within the cropped region of the prostate organ boundary, capturing subtle variations and intricate structural details by learning similar and dissimilar pairs from two imaging modalities. We trained our model on a comprehensive dataset of unpaired T2-weighted images and ADC maps from 506 patients. In evaluating our model, named AI-ADC, we compared it against three state-of-the-art methods: CycleGAN, CUT, and StyTr2.
Results:
Our model demonstrated a higher mean Structural Similarity Index (SSIM) of 0.863 on a test dataset of 3240 2D MRI slices from 195 patients, compared to values of 0.855, 0.797, and 0.824 for CycleGAN, CUT, and StyTr2, respectively. Similarly, our model achieved a significantly lower Fréchet Inception Distance (FID) value of 31.992, compared to values of 43.458, 179.983, and 58.784 for the other three models, indicating its superior performance in generating ADC maps. Furthermore, we evaluated our model on 147 patients from the publicly available ProstateX dataset, where it demonstrated a higher SSIM of 0.647 and a lower FID of 113.876 compared to the other three models.
Conclusions:
These results highlight the efficacy of our proposed model in generating ADC maps from T2W MRI, showcasing its potential for enhancing clinical diagnostics and radiological workflows.
