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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is essential for high-resolution soft-tissue imaging but suffers from long acquisition times, limiting its clinical efficiency. Accelerating MRI through undersampling k-space data leads to ill-posed inverse problems, introducing noise and artifacts that degrade image quality. Conventional deep learning models, including conditional and unconditional approaches, often face challenges in generalization, particularly with variations in imaging operators or domain shifts. In this study, we propose PINN-DADif, a Physics-Informed Neural Network integrated with deep adaptive diffusion priors, to address these challenges in MRI reconstruction. PINN-DADif employs a two-phase inference strategy: an initial rapid-diffusion phase for fast preliminary reconstructions, followed by an adaptive phase where the diffusion prior is refined to ensure consistency with MRI physics and data fidelity. The inclusion of physics-based regularization through PINNs enhances the model's adherence to k-space constraints and gradient smoothness, leading to more accurate reconstructions. This adaptive approach reduces the number of iterations required compared to traditional diffusion models, improving both speed and image quality. We validated PINN-DADif on a private MRI dataset and the public fastMRI dataset, where it outperformed state-of-the-art methods. The model achieved PSNR values of 41.2, 39.5, and 41.5, and SSIM values of 98.7, 98.0, and 98.5 for T1, T2, and Proton Density-weighted images at R = 4x on the private dataset. Similar high performance was observed on the fastMRI dataset, even in scenarios involving domain shifts. PINN-DADif marks a significant advancement in MRI reconstruction by providing an efficient, adaptive, and physics-informed solution.
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DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
ISSN: 1051-2004
Year: 2025
Volume: 160
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JCR@2022
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