NDLI: Deformable registration of magnetic resonance images using unsupervised deep learning in neuro-/radiation oncology

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Author	Osman, Alexander F. I. Al-Mugren, Kholoud S. Tamam, Nissren M. Shahine, Bilal
Abstract	Purpose Accurate deformable registration of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans containing pathologies is challenging due to changes in tissue appearance. In this paper, we developed a novel automated three-dimensional (3D) convolutional U-Net based deformable image registration (ConvUNet-DIR) method using unsupervised learning to establish correspondence between baseline pre-operative and follow-up MRI scans of patients with brain glioma. Methods This study involved multi-parametric brain MRI scans (T1, T1-contrast enhanced, T2, FLAIR) acquired at pre-operative and follow-up time for 160 patients diagnosed with glioma, representing the BraTS-Reg 2022 challenge dataset. ConvUNet-DIR, a deep learning-based deformable registration workflow using 3D U-Net style architecture as a core, was developed to establish correspondence between the MRI scans. The workflow consists of three components: (1) the U-Net learns features from pairs of MRI scans and estimates a mapping between them, (2) the grid generator computes the sampling grid based on the derived transformation parameters, and (3) the spatial transformation layer generates a warped image by applying the sampling operation using interpolation. A similarity measure was used as a loss function for the network with a regularization parameter limiting the deformation. The model was trained via unsupervised learning using pairs of MRI scans on a training data set (n = 102) and validated on a validation data set (n = 26) to assess its generalizability. Its performance was evaluated on a test set (n = 32) by computing the Dice score and structural similarity index (SSIM) quantitative metrics. The model’s performance also was compared with the baseline state-of-the-art VoxelMorph (VM1 and VM2) learning-based algorithms. Results The ConvUNet-DIR model showed promising competency in performing accurate 3D deformable registration. It achieved a mean Dice score of 0.975 ± 0.003 and SSIM of 0.908 ± 0.011 on the test set (n = 32). Experimental results also demonstrated that ConvUNet-DIR outperformed the VoxelMorph algorithms concerning Dice (VM1: 0.969 ± 0.006 and VM2: 0.957 ± 0.008) and SSIM (VM1: 0.893 ± 0.012 and VM2: 0.857 ± 0.017) metrics. The time required to perform a registration for a pair of MRI scans is about 1 s on the CPU. Conclusions The developed deep learning-based model can perform an end-to-end deformable registration of a pair of 3D MRI scans for glioma patients without human intervention. The model could provide accurate, efficient, and robust deformable registration without needing pre-alignment and labeling. It outperformed the state-of-the-art VoxelMorph learning-based deformable registration algorithms and other supervised/unsupervised deep learning-based methods reported in the literature.
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DOI	10.1186/s13014-024-02452-3
Journal	Radiation Oncology
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	19
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2024-05-21
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Cancer Research Oncology Radiotherapy Imaging Radiology Deformable image registration MRI Convolutional neural networks Unsupervised learning Glioma Neuro-/radiation oncology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging Oncology
Journal Impact Factor	3.3/2023
5-Year Journal Impact Factor	3.6/2023

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