Research Article

Improved Complex Convolutional Neural Network Based on SPIRiT and Dense Connection for Parallel MRI Reconstruction

Table 5

Comparisons of average PSNR and SSIM values of the MR images reconstructed by all the models for the fastMRI brain dataset from the 4x and 8x accelerated 1DEU patterns.

Undersampling
patterns
Reconstruction
models
Fourfold AFEightfold AF
PSNR (dB)SSIMPSNR (dB)SSIM

1DEUSPIRiT31.314 ± 1.6430.794 ± 0.07623.472 ± 1.0990.620 ± 0.027
Deepcomplex34.293 ± 3.5920.855 ± 0.08628.234 ± 2.7220.704 ± 0.048
DONet34.209 ± 3.6410.850 ± 0.08629.014 ± 2.7140.714 ± 0.042
SPIRiT-Net34.944 ± 3.3620.860 ± 0.07630.127 ± 3.2220.782 ± 0.067

The best values are in bold.