This study investigates factors of k-space undersampling for which CNN postprocessing is able to improve 23Na MRI data. Data from 53 patients with ischemic stroke was included and image reconstruction was performed with full k-space data (FI) and with k-space data that was reduced (RI) by different factors (S = 2, 4, 5 and 10). Postprocessing with a convolutional neural network was applied to the highly undersampled 23Na MRI data. The CNN was able to significantly improve SNR and SSIM for all S with both loss functions. CNN postprocessing could enable significant reduction of 23Na MRI data acquisition time.
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