AIBN Seminar Series - Simplified VERDICT diffusion imaging and modelling for efficient characterization of prostate cancer

We are pleased to present Adam Phipps to speak on the topic Simplified VERDICT diffusion imaging and modelling for efficient characterization of prostate cancer.

When: Thursday 13th June

Where: AIBN Level 1 Seminar room or online via zoom. Click here to join

Time: 12pm-1pm

Abstract:

Motivation and Aim: VERDICT is a promising quantitative imaging framework for improving non-invasive prostate cancer diagnosis. However, VERDICT suffers from long acquisition times and unreliable model fitting. We aim to enable VERDICT in significantly reduced acquisition time.
Approach: We have reduced and optimised the scans acquired for VERDICT model fitting, implemented an MLP network to improve model fitting performance, and simplified the VERDICT model
Results: Our results show that the acquisition time of VERDICT and clinical DWI can be reduced from 27 min to 5:30 min without impacting diagnostic performance.
Impact: This work could enable more efficient integration of VERDICT MRI into clinical imaging for prostate cancer diagnosis and could help reduce the number of healthy patients referred for biopsy.

Bio:

Adam Phipps is a PhD student from University College London working in the Centre for Medical Imaging (CMI). Adam recently attended the ISMRM conference in Singapore where he presented his current PhD work which looks at optimizing diffusion MRI techniques for prostate cancer diagnosis. Since then, Adam has visited the University of Sydney in preparation for a collaboration with Professor Roger Bourne starting later this year.