Improved nerve conspicuity with water-weighting and denoising in two-point Dixon magnetic resonance neurography

Brachial Plexus Magnetic Resonance Neurography: Technical Challenges and Solutions

ABSTRACT

Magnetic resonance neurography of the brachial plexus (BP) is challenging owing to its complex anatomy and technical obstacles around this anatomic region. Magnetic resonance techniques to improve image quality center around increasing nerve-to-background contrast ratio and mitigating imaging artifacts. General considerations include unilateral imaging of the BP at 3.0 T, appropriate selection and placement of surface coils, and optimization of pulse sequences. Technical considerations to improve nerve conspicuity include fat, vascular, and respiratory artifact suppression techniques; metal artifact reduction techniques; and 3-dimensional sequences. Specific optimization of these techniques for BP magnetic resonance neurography greatly improves image quality and diagnostic confidence to help guide nonoperative and operative management.

An Adaptive Learning Image Denoising Algorithm Based on Eigenvalue Extraction and the GAN Model

This paper proposes a self-adjusting generative confrontation network image denoising algorithm. The algorithm combines noise reduction and the adaptive learning GAN model. First, the algorithm uses image features to preprocess the image and extract the effective information of the image. Then, the edge signal is classified according to the threshold value to suppress the problem of “excessive strangulation,” and then the edge signal of the image is extracted to enhance the effective signal in the high-frequency signal. Finally, the algorithm uses an adaptive learning GAN model to further train the image. Each iteration of the generator network is composed of three stages. And then, we get the best value. Through experiments, it can be seen from the data that the article algorithm is compared with the traditional algorithm and the literature algorithm. Under the same conditions, the algorithm can ensure the operating efficiency while having better fidelity, and it can still denoise at the same time. The edge signal of the image is preserved and has a better visual effect.