Modeling human observer detection in undersampled magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Alexandra G. O'Neill; Emely L. Valdez; Sajan G. Lingala; Angel R. Pineda

doi:10.1117/12.2581076

15 February 2021 Modeling human observer detection in undersampled magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Alexandra G. O'Neill, Emely L. Valdez, Sajan G. Lingala, Angel R. Pineda

Proceedings Volume 11599, Medical Imaging 2021: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment; 115990H (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2581076
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2021, Online Only

Abstract

Task-based assessment of image quality in undersampled magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using constraints is important because of the need to quantify the effect of the artifacts on task performance. Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) images are used in detection of small metastases in the brain. In this work we carry out two-alternative forced choice (2-AFC) studies with a small signal known exactly (SKE) but with varying background for reconstructed FLAIR images from undersampled multi-coil data. Using a 4x undersampling and a total variation (TV) constraint we found that the human observer detection performance remained fairly constant for a broad range of values in the regularization parameter before decreasing at large values. Using the TV constraint did not improve task performance. The non- prewhitening eye (NPWE) observer and sparse difference-of-Gaussians (S-DOG) observer with internal noise were used to model human observer detection. The parameters for the NPWE and the internal noise for the S-DOG were chosen to match the average percent correct (PC) in 2-AFC studies for three observers using no regularization. The NPWE model observer tracked the performance of the human observers as the regularization was increased but slightly over-estimated the PC for large amounts of regularization. The S-DOG model observer with internal noise tracked human performace for all levels of regularization studied. To our knowledge this is the first time that model observers have been used to track human observer detection for undersampled MRI.

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Alexandra G. O'Neill, Emely L. Valdez, Sajan G. Lingala, and Angel R. Pineda "Modeling human observer detection in undersampled magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)", Proc. SPIE 11599, Medical Imaging 2021: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, 115990H (15 February 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2581076

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