Cross-modality image-to-image translation from MR to synthetic 18F-FDOPA PET/MR fusion images using conditional GAN in brain cancer.

Objective: This study aims to identify the possibility of cross-modality image-to-image translation from magnetic resonance (MR) to synthetic positron emission tomography (PET)/MR fusion images using conditional generative adversarial networks (CGAN). Methods: Retrospective study was conducted invol...

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Publicado en:Neuroradiology Vol. 67; no. 10; pp. 2727 - 2741
Autores principales: Seo, Youngbeom, Yang, Heesung, Kong, Eunjung, Sanker, Vivek, Desai, Atman, Lee, Jungwon, Park, So Hee, Song, You Seon, Jeon, Ikchan
Formato: diagnostic images research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Oct2025
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          Seo, Youngbeom
          Yang, Heesung
          Kong, Eunjung
          Sanker, Vivek
          Desai, Atman
          Lee, Jungwon
          Park, So Hee
          Song, You Seon
          Jeon, Ikchan
        affil: https://ror.org/05yp5js06 Department of Neurosurgery, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea
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          Brain Neoplasms Radiography
          Magnetic Resonance Imaging Methods
          Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography Methods
          Image Processing, Computer Assisted
          Generative Adversarial Networks Utilization
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          Retrospective Design
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          Correlation Coefficient
          Quantitative Studies
          Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
          Pearson's Correlation Coefficient
          Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient
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      ab: Objective: This study aims to identify the possibility of cross-modality image-to-image translation from magnetic resonance (MR) to synthetic positron emission tomography (PET)/MR fusion images using conditional generative adversarial networks (CGAN). Methods: Retrospective study was conducted involving 32 simultaneous 6-[18F]-fluoro-L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (18F-FDOPA) PET/MR imaging examinations from 27 patients diagnosed with brain cancer. We applied paired axial T1-weighted contrast MR (T1C) and PET/T1C fusion images to translate from T1C to synthetic PET/T1C fusion images using the Pix2Pix algorithm of CGAN. To access the image similarity between real and synthetic PET/T1C fusion images, we calculated correlation coefficients for the maximum/mean tumor-to-background ratio (TBRmax/mean) and quantitative analyses were performed using peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), mean squared error (MSE), structural similarity index (SSIM), and feature similarity index measure (FSIM). Results: Total 2167 pairs of T1C and PET/T1C fusion images were obtained, which were randomly assigned to training and test datasets in 9:1 ratio (1950 and 217 pairs), and training data were further divided into training and validation datasets in 4:1 ratio (1560 and 390 pairs). The correlation coefficients were 0.706 (CI:0.533–0.822) for TBRmax (p < 0.001) and 0.901 (CI:0.831–0.943) for TBRmean (p < 0.001). The quantitative analyses were PSNR of 31.075 ± 3.976, MSE of 0.001 ± 0.001, SSIM of 0.868 ± 0.079, and FSIM of 0.922 ± 0.044, respectively. Conclusion: CGAN based on simultaneous 18F-FDOPA PET/MR imaging data demonstrated the potential for cross-modality image-to-image translation from T1C to PET/T1C fusion images, though limitations in small dataset and lack of external validation requiring further research. Highlights: This study tried image-to-image translation from MR to synthetic PET/MR fusion images in the patients with brain cancer using Pix2Pix of conditional generative adversarial networks (CGAN). Paired brain axial T1-weighted contrast MR (T1C) and PET/T1C fusion images of simultaneous 18F-FDOPA PET/MR imaging examination were used as dataset. CGAN based on simultaneous 18F-FDOPA PET/MR imaging data demonstrated the potential for cross-modality image-to-image translation from T1C to PET/T1C fusion images in brain cancer.
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