Ground-truth effects in learning-based fiber orientation distribution estimation in neonatal brains

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Hauptverfasser: Lin, Rizhong, Kebiri, Hamza, Gholipour, Ali, Chen, Yufei, Thiran, Jean-Philippe, Karimi, Davood, Cuadra, Meritxell Bach
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author Lin, Rizhong
Kebiri, Hamza
Gholipour, Ali
Chen, Yufei
Thiran, Jean-Philippe
Karimi, Davood
Cuadra, Meritxell Bach
author_facet Lin, Rizhong
Kebiri, Hamza
Gholipour, Ali
Chen, Yufei
Thiran, Jean-Philippe
Karimi, Davood
Cuadra, Meritxell Bach
contents Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging (dMRI) is a non-invasive method for depicting brain microstructure in vivo. Fiber orientation distributions (FODs) are mathematical representations extensively used to map white matter fiber configurations. Recently, FOD estimation with deep neural networks has seen growing success, in particular, those of neonates estimated with fewer diffusion measurements. These methods are mostly trained on target FODs reconstructed with multi-shell multi-tissue constrained spherical deconvolution (MSMT-CSD), which might not be the ideal ground truth for developing brains. Here, we investigate this hypothesis by training a state-of-the-art model based on the U-Net architecture on both MSMT-CSD and single-shell three-tissue constrained spherical deconvolution (SS3T-CSD). Our results suggest that SS3T-CSD might be more suited for neonatal brains, given that the ratio between single and multiple fiber-estimated voxels with SS3T-CSD is more realistic compared to MSMT-CSD. Additionally, increasing the number of input gradient directions significantly improves performance with SS3T-CSD over MSMT-CSD. Finally, in an age domain-shift setting, SS3T-CSD maintains robust performance across age groups, indicating its potential for more accurate neonatal brain imaging.
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spellingShingle Ground-truth effects in learning-based fiber orientation distribution estimation in neonatal brains
Lin, Rizhong
Kebiri, Hamza
Gholipour, Ali
Chen, Yufei
Thiran, Jean-Philippe
Karimi, Davood
Cuadra, Meritxell Bach
Image and Video Processing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Medical Physics
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging (dMRI) is a non-invasive method for depicting brain microstructure in vivo. Fiber orientation distributions (FODs) are mathematical representations extensively used to map white matter fiber configurations. Recently, FOD estimation with deep neural networks has seen growing success, in particular, those of neonates estimated with fewer diffusion measurements. These methods are mostly trained on target FODs reconstructed with multi-shell multi-tissue constrained spherical deconvolution (MSMT-CSD), which might not be the ideal ground truth for developing brains. Here, we investigate this hypothesis by training a state-of-the-art model based on the U-Net architecture on both MSMT-CSD and single-shell three-tissue constrained spherical deconvolution (SS3T-CSD). Our results suggest that SS3T-CSD might be more suited for neonatal brains, given that the ratio between single and multiple fiber-estimated voxels with SS3T-CSD is more realistic compared to MSMT-CSD. Additionally, increasing the number of input gradient directions significantly improves performance with SS3T-CSD over MSMT-CSD. Finally, in an age domain-shift setting, SS3T-CSD maintains robust performance across age groups, indicating its potential for more accurate neonatal brain imaging.
title Ground-truth effects in learning-based fiber orientation distribution estimation in neonatal brains
topic Image and Video Processing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Medical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.01195