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@ARTICLE{Kilic:287250,
author = {T. Kilic and P. Liebig and O. B. Demirel and J. Herrler and
A. Nagel$^*$ and K. Ugurbil and M. Akçakaya},
title = {{U}nsupervised deep learning with convolutional neural
networks for static parallel transmit design: {A}
retrospective study.},
journal = {Magnetic resonance in medicine},
volume = {91},
number = {6},
issn = {1522-2594},
address = {New York, NY [u.a.]},
publisher = {Wiley-Liss},
reportid = {DKFZ-2024-00182},
pages = {2498-2507},
year = {2024},
note = {2024 Jun;91(6):2498-2507},
abstract = {To mitigate B 1 + $$ {B}_1^{+} $$ inhomogeneity at 7T for
multi-channel transmit arrays using unsupervised deep
learning with convolutional neural networks (CNNs).Deep
learning parallel transmit (pTx) pulse design has received
attention, but such methods have relied on supervised
training and did not use CNNs for multi-channel B 1 + $$
{B}_1^{+} $$ maps. In this work, we introduce an alternative
approach that facilitates the use of CNNs with multi-channel
B 1 + $$ {B}_1^{+} $$ maps while performing unsupervised
training. The multi-channel B 1 + $$ {B}_1^{+} $$ maps are
concatenated along the spatial dimension to enable
shift-equivariant processing amenable to CNNs. Training is
performed in an unsupervised manner using a physics-driven
loss function that minimizes the discrepancy of the Bloch
simulation with the target magnetization, which eliminates
the calculation of reference transmit RF weights. The
training database comprises 3824 2D sagittal, multi-channel
B 1 + $$ {B}_1^{+} $$ maps of the healthy human brain from
143 subjects. B 1 + $$ {B}_1^{+} $$ data were acquired at 7T
using an 8Tx/32Rx head coil. The proposed method is compared
to the unregularized magnitude least-squares (MLS) solution
for the target magnetization in static pTx design.The
proposed method outperformed the unregularized MLS solution
for RMS error and coefficient-of-variation and had
comparable energy consumption. Additionally, the proposed
method did not show local phase singularities leading to
distinct holes in the resulting magnetization unlike the
unregularized MLS solution.Proposed unsupervised deep
learning with CNNs performs better than unregularized MLS in
static pTx for speed and robustness.},
keywords = {7 T (Other) / RF inhomogeneity mitigation (Other) /
convolutional neural networks (Other) / deep learning
(Other) / parallel excitation (Other) / unsupervised
learning (Other)},
cin = {E020},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)E020-20160331},
pnm = {315 - Bildgebung und Radioonkologie (POF4-315)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-315},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:38247050},
doi = {10.1002/mrm.30014},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/287250},
}