{"slug":"deep-learning-recon","title":"deep-learning-recon","summary":"Deep-learning MRI reconstruction expert. Use for training or applying neural networks to reconstruct undersampled MRI — unrolled / variational networks (VarNet, MoDL, End-to-End VarNet, deep cascade), self-supervised training without fully-sampled data (SSDU), diffusion / score-b","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-28T15:11:48.324331Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/KeWang0622/mri-research-skill","stars":26,"forks":0,"license":"MIT","updatedAt":"2026-09-28T08:57:24Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: deep-learning-recon\ndescription: &gt;-\nDeep-learning MRI reconstruction expert. Use for training or applying neural\nnetworks to reconstruct undersampled MRI — unrolled / variational networks\n(VarNet, MoDL, End-to-End VarNet, deep cascade), self-supervised training\nwithout fully-sampled data (SSDU), diffusion / score-based reconstruction, and\nthe frameworks and datasets to do it. Tools: DIRECT, fastMRI, ATOMMIC,\ntorchkbnufft; datasets fastMRI / mridata. For classical, training-free\nreconstruction (ESPIRiT/SENSE/GRAPPA, L1-wavelet PICS, NUFFT gridding) hand off\nto the mri-reconstruction skill. Triggers: deep learning\nreconstruction, unrolled network, variational network, MoDL, end-to-end\nVarNet, data consistency, self-supervised MRI reconstruction, diffusion model\nreconstruction, score-based, fastMRI, physics-guided network.\nmetadata:\nauthor: Ke Wang\nversion: \"0.7.0\"</h2>\n<h1>Deep-Learning MRI Reconstruction</h1>\n<p>You are a DL-recon researcher. The dominant, robust paradigm is the <strong>unrolled\nnetwork</strong>: unroll N iterations of an iterative solver, learn the\nregularizer/updates end-to-end, and keep the measured <strong>data-consistency</strong> step.\nAlways anchor to data consistency — it's what guards against hallucinated\nstructure.</p>\n<h2>Papers and textbooks</h2>\n<p>See the <a href=\"references/reading-list.md\">annotated reading list</a> for primary papers,\ntextbooks, publication details, direct source links and what each source supports.\nUse the <a href=\"../../REFERENCES.md\">repo-wide reference index</a> to navigate across skills.\nWhen using a method, cite its specific source; distinguish paper evidence from\nsoftware instructions and current venue/safety requirements.</p>\n<h2>Project research memory</h2>\n<p>For project experiments, read <code>.mri-research/INDEX.md</code> when present and retrieve\nonly relevant preferences, environment notes and evidence-linked lessons. After\nmeaningful runs or corrections, record outcomes, failures, limitations and next\nsteps; revise scoped lessons without erasing history. Keep user preferences\nseparate from scientific findings. Use the <a href=\"../mri-research/references/project-memory.md\">project memory workflow</a>\nto initialize the folder or connect project <code>CLAUDE.md</code> / <code>AGENTS.md</code>. If the hub\nis absent, retrieve the reference from the official skill repository.</p>\n<h2>Tool setup before execution</h2>\n<p>For any application this skill uses, check for a compatible installation and\nfollow the official upstream's setup instructions. Within the authorized task,\ninstall missing dependencies yourself in an isolated environment, run a small\nupstream example, then execute the user's workflow. Do not leave routine setup\nto the user or replace a missing tool with a homemade numerical implementation.\nUse established simulators/solvers; write only necessary configuration and glue.\nIf blocked, report the actual obstacle and an established alternative.\nRead the <a href=\"../mri-research/references/tool-setup.md\">tool setup guide</a> when installing,\nrepairing, or choosing an execution environment. If the hub is not installed,\nretrieve that reference from the official <code>KeWang0622/mri-research-skill</code> repository.</p>\n<h2>Method families (with citations)</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Variational Network (VN)</strong> — Hammernik et al., <em>MRM</em> 2018;79(6):3055–3071.\nCode: <a href=\"https://github.com/VLOGroup/mri-variationalnetwork\">https://github.com/VLOGroup/mri-variationalnetwork</a></li>\n<li><strong>MoDL</strong> — CNN prior + CG data consistency, weight-shared. Aggarwal et al.,\n<em>IEEE TMI</em> 2019. Code: <a href=\"https://github.com/hkaggarwal/modl\">https://github.com/hkaggarwal/modl</a></li>\n<li><strong>End-to-End VarNet</strong> — learns coil sensitivities too; strong fastMRI baseline\n(Sriram et al., MICCAI 2020) — in the fastMRI repo.</li>\n<li><strong>SSDU (self-supervised, no fully-sampled data)</strong> — split acquired k-space into\nDC and loss sets. Yaman et al., <em>MRM</em> 2020. Code:\n<a href=\"https://github.com/byaman14/SSDU\">https://github.com/byaman14/SSDU</a></li>\n<li><strong>Diffusion / score-based</strong> — learned generative prior + measurement\nconsistency; sampling-pattern-agnostic, inference-heavy. Chung &amp; Ye, <em>MedIA</em>\n2022 (<a href=\"https://github.com/hyungjin-chung/score-MRI\">https://github.com/hyungjin-chung/score-MRI</a>); Jalal et al., NeurIPS 2021\n(<a href=\"https://github.com/utcsilab/csgm-mri-langevin\">https://github.com/utcsilab/csgm-mri-langevin</a>).</li>\n<li><strong>AUTOMAP</strong> — end-to-end domain-transform learning (Zhu et al., <em>Nature</em> 2018);\ninstructive but memory-heavy.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Frameworks &amp; building blocks</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>DIRECT</strong> — <a href=\"https://github.com/NKI-AI/direct\">https://github.com/NKI-AI/direct</a> — many baselines + training loops.</li>\n<li><strong>fastMRI</strong> — <a href=\"https://github.com/facebookresearch/fastMRI\">https://github.com/facebookresearch/fastMRI</a> — reference models\n(U-Net, VarNet, E2E-VarNet), transforms, and challenge-matched evaluation.\n<strong>Archived upstream in 2025</strong>: still the canonical baseline, but treat it as a\nfrozen reference rather than a maintained framework.</li>\n<li><strong>ATOMMIC</strong> — <a href=\"https://github.com/wdika/atommic\">https://github.com/wdika/atommic</a> — data-consistency-focused\ntoolbox spanning recon, segmentation, and quantitative tasks. It <strong>supersedes\n<code>mridc</code></strong>, which the same author archived (read-only since Apr 2024) and\nredirects here; don't start new work on <code>mridc</code>.</li>\n<li><strong>torchkbnufft</strong> — <a href=\"https://github.com/mmuckley/torchkbnufft\">https://github.com/mmuckley/torchkbnufft</a> — differentiable\nNUFFT to drop non-Cartesian physics into a network.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Data</h2>\n<p><strong>fastMRI</strong> (knee/brain/prostate/breast) is the benchmark; requires a signed\n<strong>data-use agreement</strong> (<a href=\"https://fastmri.med.nyu.edu\">https://fastmri.med.nyu.edu</a>). Fully-open alternative for\nprototyping: mridata.org.</p>\n<h2>Training &amp; evaluation</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Report <strong>SSIM, PSNR, NMSE</strong> (and perceptual VIF/LPIPS) — but no single metric\nguarantees diagnostic quality; pair with reader assessment as the fastMRI\nchallenges did.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p><strong>Watch for hallucination:</strong> generative/high-acceleration recon can synthesize\nplausible but false structure. Test stability and out-of-distribution\nrobustness; prefer data-consistency-anchored architectures.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p><strong>Name the shipping baseline.</strong> Vendor DL reconstruction (Siemens <em>Deep\nResolve</em>, GE <em>AIR Recon DL</em>, Philips <em>SmartSpeed</em>) is the de-facto clinical\ncomparator; reviewers will ask, so address it in related work even though the\nimplementations are proprietary.</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Hand-offs</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Classical / training-free recon</strong> — ESPIRiT, SENSE, GRAPPA, L1-wavelet PICS,\nNUFFT gridding, or \"just get me an image from this k-space\": use the\n<code>mri-reconstruction</code> skill, which executes BART/SigPy pipelines. You also want\nit for the <em>baseline</em> your network is compared against.</li>\n<li><strong>Sampling-pattern or trajectory design</strong> (including learned sampling that must\nrun on a scanner): <code>pulse-sequence-design</code>.</li>\n<li><strong>Theory, citations, and the wider landscape:</strong> the <code>mri-research</code> hub.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Deeper reference:\n<a href=\"https://github.com/KeWang0622/mri-research-skill/blob/main/skills/mri-research/references/recon-methods.md\">https://github.com/KeWang0622/mri-research-skill/blob/main/skills/mri-research/references/recon-methods.md</a></p>\n","files":[{"path":"references/reading-list.md","sizeBytes":2306,"isText":true},{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":6510,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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