Multi-institutional Investigation of Model Generalizability for Virtual Contrast-Enhanced MRI Synthesis

Wen Li, Saikit Lam, Tian Li, Andy Lai Yin Cheung, Haonan Xiao, Chenyang Liu, Jiang Zhang, Xinzhi Teng, Shaohua Zhi, Ge Ren, Francis Kar ho Lee, Kwok hung Au, Victor Ho fun Lee, Amy Tien Yee Chang, Jing Cai

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the model generalizability using multi-institutional data for virtual contrast-enhanced MRI (VCE-MRI) synthesis. This study presented a retrospective analysis of contrast-free T1-weighted (T1w), T2-weighted (T2w), and gadolinium-based contrast-enhanced T1w MRI (CE-MRI) images of 231 NPC patients enrolled from four institutions. Data from three of the participating institutions were employed to generate a training and an internal testing set, while data from the remaining institution was employed as an independent external testing set. The multi-institutional data were trained separately (single-institutional model) and jointly (joint-institutional model) and tested using the internal and external sets. The synthetic VCE-MRI was quantitatively evaluated using MAE and SSIM. In addition, visual qualitative evaluation was performed to assess the quality of synthetic VCE-MRI compared to the ground-truth CE-MRI. Quantitative analyses showed that the joint-institutional models outperformed single-institutional models in both internal and external testing sets, and demonstrated high model generalizability, yielding top-ranked MAE, and SSIM of 71.69 ± 21.09 and 0.81 ± 0.04 respectively on the external testing set. Qualitative evaluation indicated that the joint-institutional model gave a closer visual approximation between the synthetic VCE-MRI and ground-truth CE-MRI on the external testing set, compared with single-institutional models. The model generalizability for VCE-MRI synthesis was enhanced, both quantitatively and qualitatively, when data from more institutions was involved during model development.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2022 - 25th International Conference, Proceedings
EditorsLinwei Wang, Qi Dou, P. Thomas Fletcher, Stefanie Speidel, Shuo Li
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages765-773
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783031164484
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Sept 2022
Event25th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2022 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 18 Sept 202222 Sept 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume13437 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference25th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2022
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period18/09/2222/09/22

Keywords

  • Contrast-enhanced MRI
  • Model generalizability
  • Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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