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DWI Simulation-Assisted Machine Learning Models for Microstructure Estimation

Type of publication Peer-reviewed
Publikationsform Proceedings (peer-reviewed)
Author Rafael-Patino Jonathan, Yu Thomas, Delvigne Victor, Barakovic Muhamed, Pizzolato Marco, Girard Gabriel, Jones Derek K., Canales-Rodríguez Erick J., Thiran Jean-Philippe,
Project Exploring brain communication pathways by combining diffusion based quantitative structural connectivity and EEG source imaging : application to physiological and epileptic networks
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Proceedings (peer-reviewed)

Editor , Sepehrband Farshid; , Zhang Fan; , Palombo Marco; , Pizzolato Marco; , Bonet-Carne Elisenda; , Hutter Jana
Page(s) 125 - 134
ISBN 978-3-030-52893-5
Title of proceedings Computational Diffusion MRI

Abstract

Diffusion MRI (DW-MRI) allows for the detailed exploration of the brain white matter microstructure, with applications in both research and the clinic. However, state-of-the-art methods for microstructure estimation suffer from known limitations, such as the overestimation of the mean axon diameter, and the infeasibility of fitting diameter distributions. In this study, we propose to eschew current modeling-based approaches in favor of a novel, simulation-assisted machine learning approach. In particular, we train machine learning (ML) algorithms on a large dataset of simulated diffusion MRI signals from white matter regions with different axon diameter distributions and packing densities. We show, on synthetic data, that the trained models provide an accurate and efficient estimation of microstructural parameters in-silico and from DW-MRI data with moderately high b-values (4000 s/mm{\$}{\$}^2{\$}{\$}). Further, we show, on in-vivo data, that the estimators trained from simulations can provide parameter estimates which are close to the values expected from histology.
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