Are synthetic contrast-enhanced breast MRI images as good as the real thing?

synthetic contrast-enhanced breast MRI

MRI scans in a 55-year-old woman with right invasive ductal carcinoma (left panel) and a 67-year-old woman with right invasive ductal carcinoma (right panel) show failed enhancement of the index lesion (arrow) on the simulated (i.e., synthetic) contrast-enhanced MRI scans.

Image courtesy of Radiology.

Synthesizing contrast-enhanced imaging from pre-contrast inputs using deep learning can help overcome obstacles involved in the use of GBCAs.