Dual-Correction Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Hemodynamic Reconstruction from Sparse Data

TL;DR

This paper introduces a dual-correction physics-informed neural network framework that effectively reconstructs complex hemodynamic flow fields from sparse data, overcoming optimization challenges in tortuous vascular geometries.

Contribution

The proposed DCP-INN framework uniquely combines a causal decoupling strategy with high-order physical loss to improve flow reconstruction in complex geometries from sparse measurements.

Findings

Reduces flow reconstruction error significantly.

Effectively handles highly tortuous vascular geometries.

Enhances local continuity with high-order physical loss.

Abstract

Quantifying hemodynamics in the curved segments of the intracranial internal carotid artery is a core challenge in diagnosing vascular stenosis. Conventional full-field imaging, such as 4D Flow MRI, is costly and difficult to widely promote. Meanwhile, reconstructing full-field fluid information from easily accessible and non-invasive sparse measurement data (such as transcranial Doppler ultrasound/computed tomography angiography) is essentially a highly challenging ill-posed inverse problem. To overcome the severe optimization difficulties and generalization failures of conventional physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) in highly tortuous geometries, we propose a dual-correction physics-informed neural network (DCP-INN) framework taking into account a causal decoupling strategy. The proposed DCP-INN model utilizes a diamond-shaped main network to capture low-frequency trends in physical evolution, and employs a parallel wide-deep correction network to compensate for high-frequency residuals resulting from complex geometric shapes. Furthermore, the framework introduces a high-order physical loss function based on Taylor expansion to enhance local continuity under extremely sparse data constraints. To validate the proposed method, we performed computational evaluations on realistic vascular geometries with significant tortuosity. The results demonstrate that the method effectively mitigates optimization challenges and significantly reduces flow field reconstruction error. This study not only achieves physically credible and robust flow field reconstruction in complex morphologies but also provides a highly promising algorithmic foundation for building low-cost, high-resolution personalized cardiovascular digital twins in future.