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Adaptive smoothing of high angular resolution diffusion-weighted imaging data by generalized cross-validation improves Q-ball orientation distribution function reconstruction.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20573465     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Q-ball imaging (QBI) is a high angular resolution diffusion-weighted imaging (HARDI) technique for reconstructing the orientation distribution function (ODF). Some form of smoothing or regularization is typically required in the ODF reconstruction from low signal-to-noise ratio HARDI data. The amount of smoothing or regularization is usually set a priori at the discretion of the investigator. In this article, we apply an adaptive and objective means of smoothing the raw HARDI data using the smoothing splines on the sphere method with generalized cross-validation (GCV) to estimate the diffusivity profile in each voxel. Subsequently, we reconstruct the ODF, from the smoothed data, based on the Funk-Radon transform (FRT) used in QBI. The spline method was applied to both simulated data and in vivo human brain data. Simulated data show that the smoothing splines on the sphere method with GCV smoothing reduces the mean squared error in estimates of the ODF as compared with the standard analytical QBI approach. The human data demonstrate the utility of the method for estimating smooth ODFs.
Authors:
Nader S Metwalli; Xiaoping P Hu; John D Carew
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Validation Studies     Date:  2010-06-22
Journal Detail:
Title:  Magnetic resonance imaging     Volume:  28     ISSN:  1873-5894     ISO Abbreviation:  Magn Reson Imaging     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-09     Completed Date:  2011-01-12     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8214883     Medline TA:  Magn Reson Imaging     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  982-94     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology/Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Algorithms*
Brain / anatomy & histology*
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Humans
Image Enhancement / methods*
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Middle Aged
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity

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