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Dorsch S, Paul K, Beyer C, Karger CP, Jäkel O, Debus J, Klüter S. Quality assurance and temporal stability of a 1.5 T MRI scanner for MR-guided Photon and Particle Therapy. Z Med Phys 2023:S0939-3889(23)00046-6. [PMID: 37150727 DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2023.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Revised: 03/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE To describe performance measurements, adaptations and time stability over 20 months of a diagnostic MR scanner for integration into MR-guided photon and particle radiotherapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS For realization of MR-guided photon and particle therapy (MRgRT/MRgPT), a 1.5 T MR scanner was installed at the Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center. To integrate MRI into the treatment process, a flat tabletop and dedicated coil holders for flex coils were used, which prevent deformation of the patient external contour and allow for the use of immobilization tools for reproducible positioning. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) was compared for the diagnostic and therapy-specific setup using the flat couch top and flexible coils for the a) head & neck and b) abdominal region as well as for different bandwidths and clinical pulse sequences. Additionally, a quality assurance (QA) protocol with monthly measurements of the ACR phantom and measurement of geometric distortions for a large field-of-view (FOV) was implemented to assess the imaging quality parameters of the device over the course of 20 months. RESULTS The SNR measurements showed a decreased SNR for the RT-specific as compared to the diagnostic setup of (a) 26% to 34% and (b) 11% to 33%. No significant bandwidth dependency for this ratio was found. The longitudinal assessment of the image quality parameters with the ACR and distortion phantom confirmed the long-term stability of the MRI device. CONCLUSION A diagnostic MRI was commissioned for use in MR-guided particle therapy. Using a radiotherapy specific setup, a high geometric accuracy and signal homogeneity was obtained after some adaptions and the measured parameters were shown to be stable over a period of 20 months.
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Affiliation(s)
- Stefan Dorsch
- Department of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), INF 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), INF 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), INF 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT), Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany; Clinical Cooperation Unit Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; Core center Heidelberg, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Wang X, Wang T, Chen X, Law J, Shan G, Tang W, Gong Z, Pan P, Liu X, Yu J, Ru C, Huang X, Sun Y. Microrobotic Swarms for Intracellular Measurement with Enhanced Signal-to-Noise Ratio. ACS Nano 2022; 16:10824-10839. [PMID: 35786860 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c02938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
In cell biology, fluorescent dyes are routinely used for biochemical measurements. The traditional global dye treatment method suffers from low signal-to-noise ratios (SNR), especially when used for detecting a low concentration of ions, and increasing the concentration of fluorescent dyes causes more severe cytotoxicity. Here, we report a robotic technique that controls how a low amount of fluorescent-dye-coated magnetic nanoparticles accurately forms a swarm and increases the fluorescent dye concentration in a local region inside a cell for intracellular measurement. Different from existing magnetic micromanipulation systems that generate large swarms (several microns and above) or that cannot move the generated swarm to an arbitrary position, our system is capable of generating a small swarm (e.g., 1 μm) and accurately positioning the swarm inside a single cell (position control accuracy: 0.76 μm). In experiments, the generated swarm inside the cell showed an SNR 10 times higher than the traditional global dye treatment method. The high-SNR robotic swarm enabled intracellular measurements that had not been possible to achieve with traditional global dye treatment. The robotic swarm technique revealed an apparent pH gradient in a migrating cell and was used to measure the intracellular apparent pH in a single oocyte of living C. elegans. With the position control capability, the swarm was also applied to measure calcium changes at the perinuclear region of a cell before and after mechanical stimulation. The results showed a significant calcium increase after mechanical stimulation, and the calcium increase was regulated by the mechanically sensitive ion channel, PIEZO1.
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- Xian Wang
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3G8, Canada
- Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology and Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto M5G 1X8, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3G8, Canada
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- Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology and Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto M5G 1X8, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3G8, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3G8, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3G8, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3G8, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3G8, Canada
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal H3A 0C3, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3G8, Canada
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3G9, Canada
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- School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518172, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society (AIRS), Shenzhen 518172, China
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- School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China
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- Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology and Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto M5G 1X8, Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3G8, Canada
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3G9, Canada
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3G4, Canada
- Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3G4, Canada
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Koch KM, Sherafati M, Arpinar VE, Bhave S, Ausman R, Nencka AS, Lebel RM, McKinnon G, Kaushik SS, Vierck D, Stetz MR, Fernando S, Mannem R. Analysis and Evaluation of a Deep Learning Reconstruction Approach with Denoising for Orthopedic MRI. Radiol Artif Intell 2021; 3:e200278. [PMID: 34870214 PMCID: PMC8637471 DOI: 10.1148/ryai.2021200278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE To evaluate two settings (noise reduction of 50% or 75%) of a deep learning (DL) reconstruction model relative to each other and to conventional MR image reconstructions on clinical orthopedic MRI datasets. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study included 54 patients who underwent two-dimensional fast spin-echo MRI for hip (n = 22; mean age, 44 years ± 13 [standard deviation]; nine men) or shoulder (n = 32; mean age, 56 years ± 17; 17 men) conditions between March 2019 and June 2020. MR images were reconstructed with conventional methods and the vendor-provided and commercially available DL model applied with 50% and 75% noise reduction settings (DL 50 and DL 75, respectively). Quantitative analytics, including relative anatomic edge sharpness, relative signal-to-noise ratio (rSNR), and relative contrast-to-noise ratio (rCNR) were computed for each dataset. In addition, the image sets were randomized, blinded, and presented to three board-certified musculoskeletal radiologists for ranking based on overall image quality and diagnostic confidence. Statistical analysis was performed with a nonparametric hypothesis comparing derived quantitative metrics from each reconstruction approach. In addition, inter- and intrarater agreement analysis was performed on the radiologists' rankings. RESULTS Both denoising settings of the DL reconstruction showed improved edge sharpness, rSNR, and rCNR relative to the conventional reconstructions. The reader rankings demonstrated strong agreement, with both DL reconstructions outperforming the conventional approach (Gwet agreement coefficient = 0.98). However, there was lower agreement between the readers on which DL reconstruction denoising setting produced higher-quality images (Gwet agreement coefficient = 0.31 for DL 50 and 0.35 for DL 75). CONCLUSION The vendor-provided DL MRI reconstruction showed higher edge sharpness, rSNR, and rCNR in comparison with conventional methods; however, optimal levels of denoising may need to be further assessed.Keywords: MRI Reconstruction Method, Deep Learning, Image Analysis, Signal-to-Noise Ratio, MR-Imaging, Neural Networks, Hip, Shoulder, Physics, Observer Performance, Technology Assessment Supplemental material is available for this article. © RSNA, 2021.
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- Kevin M. Koch
- From the Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701
Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226 (K.M.K., M.S., V.E.A., S.B., R.A.,
A.S.N., M.R.S., S.F., R.M.); Department of MR Applications and Workflow, GE
Healthcare, Waukesha, Wis (R.M.L., G.M., S.S.K.); and Center for Diagnostic
Imaging, Milwaukee, Wis (D.V.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701
Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226 (K.M.K., M.S., V.E.A., S.B., R.A.,
A.S.N., M.R.S., S.F., R.M.); Department of MR Applications and Workflow, GE
Healthcare, Waukesha, Wis (R.M.L., G.M., S.S.K.); and Center for Diagnostic
Imaging, Milwaukee, Wis (D.V.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701
Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226 (K.M.K., M.S., V.E.A., S.B., R.A.,
A.S.N., M.R.S., S.F., R.M.); Department of MR Applications and Workflow, GE
Healthcare, Waukesha, Wis (R.M.L., G.M., S.S.K.); and Center for Diagnostic
Imaging, Milwaukee, Wis (D.V.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701
Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226 (K.M.K., M.S., V.E.A., S.B., R.A.,
A.S.N., M.R.S., S.F., R.M.); Department of MR Applications and Workflow, GE
Healthcare, Waukesha, Wis (R.M.L., G.M., S.S.K.); and Center for Diagnostic
Imaging, Milwaukee, Wis (D.V.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701
Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226 (K.M.K., M.S., V.E.A., S.B., R.A.,
A.S.N., M.R.S., S.F., R.M.); Department of MR Applications and Workflow, GE
Healthcare, Waukesha, Wis (R.M.L., G.M., S.S.K.); and Center for Diagnostic
Imaging, Milwaukee, Wis (D.V.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701
Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226 (K.M.K., M.S., V.E.A., S.B., R.A.,
A.S.N., M.R.S., S.F., R.M.); Department of MR Applications and Workflow, GE
Healthcare, Waukesha, Wis (R.M.L., G.M., S.S.K.); and Center for Diagnostic
Imaging, Milwaukee, Wis (D.V.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701
Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226 (K.M.K., M.S., V.E.A., S.B., R.A.,
A.S.N., M.R.S., S.F., R.M.); Department of MR Applications and Workflow, GE
Healthcare, Waukesha, Wis (R.M.L., G.M., S.S.K.); and Center for Diagnostic
Imaging, Milwaukee, Wis (D.V.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701
Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226 (K.M.K., M.S., V.E.A., S.B., R.A.,
A.S.N., M.R.S., S.F., R.M.); Department of MR Applications and Workflow, GE
Healthcare, Waukesha, Wis (R.M.L., G.M., S.S.K.); and Center for Diagnostic
Imaging, Milwaukee, Wis (D.V.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701
Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226 (K.M.K., M.S., V.E.A., S.B., R.A.,
A.S.N., M.R.S., S.F., R.M.); Department of MR Applications and Workflow, GE
Healthcare, Waukesha, Wis (R.M.L., G.M., S.S.K.); and Center for Diagnostic
Imaging, Milwaukee, Wis (D.V.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701
Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226 (K.M.K., M.S., V.E.A., S.B., R.A.,
A.S.N., M.R.S., S.F., R.M.); Department of MR Applications and Workflow, GE
Healthcare, Waukesha, Wis (R.M.L., G.M., S.S.K.); and Center for Diagnostic
Imaging, Milwaukee, Wis (D.V.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701
Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226 (K.M.K., M.S., V.E.A., S.B., R.A.,
A.S.N., M.R.S., S.F., R.M.); Department of MR Applications and Workflow, GE
Healthcare, Waukesha, Wis (R.M.L., G.M., S.S.K.); and Center for Diagnostic
Imaging, Milwaukee, Wis (D.V.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701
Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226 (K.M.K., M.S., V.E.A., S.B., R.A.,
A.S.N., M.R.S., S.F., R.M.); Department of MR Applications and Workflow, GE
Healthcare, Waukesha, Wis (R.M.L., G.M., S.S.K.); and Center for Diagnostic
Imaging, Milwaukee, Wis (D.V.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701
Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226 (K.M.K., M.S., V.E.A., S.B., R.A.,
A.S.N., M.R.S., S.F., R.M.); Department of MR Applications and Workflow, GE
Healthcare, Waukesha, Wis (R.M.L., G.M., S.S.K.); and Center for Diagnostic
Imaging, Milwaukee, Wis (D.V.)
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