Jiaqing Qiao

Bio: Jiaqing Qiao is an academic researcher from Harbin Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topic(s): Kernel (image processing) & Kernel method. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publication(s) receiving 71 citation(s).

Sparse representation-based MRI super-resolution reconstruction

Abstract: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data collection is influenced by SNR, hardware, image time, and other factors. The super-resolution analysis is a critical way to improve the imaging quality. This work presents a framework of super-resolution MRI via sparse reconstruction, and this method is promising to solve the data collection limitations. A novel dictionary training method for sparse reconstruction for enhancing the similarity of sparse representations between the low resolution and high resolution MRI block pairs through simultaneous training two dictionaries. Low resolution MRI blocks generate the high resolution MRI blocks with proposed sparse representation (SR) coefficients. Comprehensive evaluations are implemented to test the feasibility and performance of the SR–MRI method on the real database.

Optimizing matrix mapping with data dependent kernel for image classification

Abstract: Kernel based nonlinear feature extraction is feasible to extract the feature of image for classification.The current kernel-based method endures two problems: 1) kernelbased method is to use the data vector through transforming the image matrix into vector, which will cause the store and computing burden; 2) the parameter of kernel function has the heavy influences on kernel based learning method. In order to solve the two problems, we present the method of optimizing matrix mapping with data dependent kernel for feature extraction of the image for classification. The method implements the algorithm without transforming the matrix to vector, and it adaptively optimizes the parameter of kernel for nonlinear mapping. The comprehensive experiments are implemented evaluate the performance of the algorithms.

Kernel common discriminant-based multimodal image sensor data classification

Abstract: Multimodal images (for example, optical image, MR, mammography) are widely used in many practical areas, for example, face recognition, image retrieval, and medical assisted diagnosis In this paper, we proposed a novel image recognition method of kernel common discriminant based image classification Firstly, we analyze the limitations of the traditional discriminative common vector (DCV) on the nonlinear feature extraction for image owing to the variations in illuminations In order to overcome this limitation, we extend DCV with kernel trick with the space isomorphic mapping view in the kernel feature space and develop a two-phase algorithm of KPCA + DCV The experiments are implemented on WDBC, ORL, YALE, MIAS databases to testify the performance of proposed method

Image super-resolution

Abstract: Super-resolution (SR) technique reconstructs a higher-resolution image or sequence from the observed LR images As SR has been developed for more than three decades, both multi-frame and single-frame SR have significant applications in our daily life This paper aims to provide a review of SR from the perspective of techniques and applications, and especially the main contributions in recent years Regularized SR methods are most commonly employed in the last decade Technical details are discussed in this article, including reconstruction models, parameter selection methods, optimization algorithms and acceleration strategies Moreover, an exhaustive summary of the current applications using SR techniques has been presented Lastly, the article discusses the current obstacles for future research

Bioelectrical Impedance Methods for Noninvasive Health Monitoring: A Review.

Abstract: Under the alternating electrical excitation, biological tissues produce a complex electrical impedance which depends on tissue composition, structures, health status, and applied signal frequency, and hence the bioelectrical impedance methods can be utilized for noninvasive tissue characterization. As the impedance responses of these tissue parameters vary with frequencies of the applied signal, the impedance analysis conducted over a wide frequency band provides more information about the tissue interiors which help us to better understand the biological tissues anatomy, physiology, and pathology. Over past few decades, a number of impedance based noninvasive tissue characterization techniques such as bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), electrical impedance plethysmography (IPG), impedance cardiography (ICG), and electrical impedance tomography (EIT) have been proposed and a lot of research works have been conducted on these methods for noninvasive tissue characterization and disease diagnosis. In this paper BIA, EIS, IPG, ICG, and EIT techniques and their applications in different fields have been reviewed and technical perspective of these impedance methods has been presented. The working principles, applications, merits, and demerits of these methods has been discussed in detail along with their other technical issues followed by present status and future trends.

Super-resolution musculoskeletal MRI using deep learning.

Abstract: PURPOSE To develop a super-resolution technique using convolutional neural networks for generating thin-slice knee MR images from thicker input slices, and compare this method with alternative through-plane interpolation methods. METHODS We implemented a 3D convolutional neural network entitled DeepResolve to learn residual-based transformations between high-resolution thin-slice images and lower-resolution thick-slice images at the same center locations. DeepResolve was trained using 124 double echo in steady-state (DESS) data sets with 0.7-mm slice thickness and tested on 17 patients. Ground-truth images were compared with DeepResolve, clinically used tricubic interpolation, and Fourier interpolation methods, along with state-of-the-art single-image sparse-coding super-resolution. Comparisons were performed using structural similarity, peak SNR, and RMS error image quality metrics for a multitude of thin-slice downsampling factors. Two musculoskeletal radiologists ranked the 3 data sets and reviewed the diagnostic quality of the DeepResolve, tricubic interpolation, and ground-truth images for sharpness, contrast, artifacts, SNR, and overall diagnostic quality. Mann-Whitney U tests evaluated differences among the quantitative image metrics, reader scores, and rankings. Cohen's Kappa (κ) evaluated interreader reliability. RESULTS DeepResolve had significantly better structural similarity, peak SNR, and RMS error than tricubic interpolation, Fourier interpolation, and sparse-coding super-resolution for all downsampling factors (p < .05, except 4 × and 8 × sparse-coding super-resolution downsampling factors). In the reader study, DeepResolve significantly outperformed (p < .01) tricubic interpolation in all image quality categories and overall image ranking. Both readers had substantial scoring agreement (κ = 0.73). CONCLUSION DeepResolve was capable of resolving high-resolution thin-slice knee MRI from lower-resolution thicker slices, achieving superior quantitative and qualitative diagnostic performance to both conventionally used and state-of-the-art methods.

Image reconstruction of compressed sensing MRI using graph-based redundant wavelet transform.

Abstract: Compressed sensing magnetic resonance imaging has shown great capacity for accelerating magnetic resonance imaging if an image can be sparsely represented. How the image is sparsified seriously affects its reconstruction quality. In the present study, a graph-based redundant wavelet transform is introduced to sparsely represent magnetic resonance images in iterative image reconstructions. With this transform, image patches is viewed as vertices and their differences as edges, and the shortest path on the graph minimizes the total difference of all image patches. Using the l1 norm regularized formulation of the problem solved by an alternating-direction minimization with continuation algorithm, the experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms several state-of-the-art reconstruction methods in removing artifacts and achieves fewer reconstruction errors on the tested datasets.

Super-resolution reconstruction of MR image with a novel residual learning network algorithm.

Abstract: Spatial resolution is one of the key parameters of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The image super-resolution (SR) technique offers an alternative approach to improve the spatial resolution of MRI due to its simplicity. Convolutional neural networks (CNN)-based SR algorithms have achieved state-of-the-art performance, in which the global residual learning (GRL) strategy is now commonly used due to its effectiveness for learning image details for SR. However, the partial loss of image details usually happens in a very deep network due to the degradation problem. In this work, we propose a novel residual learning-based SR algorithm for MRI, which combines both multi-scale GRL and shallow network block-based local residual learning (LRL). The proposed LRL module works effectively in capturing high-frequency details by learning local residuals. One simulated MRI dataset and two real MRI datasets have been used to evaluate our algorithm. The experimental results show that the proposed SR algorithm achieves superior performance to all of the other compared CNN-based SR algorithms in this work.