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Constrained Spherical Deconvolution (CSD) is widely used to estimate the white matter fiber orientation distribution (FOD) from diffusion MRI data. Its angular resolution depends on the maximum spherical harmonic order ($l_{max}$): low…

Processing of Diffusion MRI data obtained from High Angular Resolution measurements consists of a series of steps, starting with the estimation of an orientation distribution function (ODF), which is then used as input for e.g. tractography…

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Diffusion MRI is a well established imaging modality providing a powerful way to probe the structure of the white matter non-invasively. Despite its potential, the intrinsic long scan times of these sequences have hampered their use in…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2013-12-31 Alessandro Daducci , Dimitri Van De Ville , Jean-Philippe Thiran , Yves Wiaux

The connectivity and structural integrity of the white matter of the brain is nowadays known to be implicated into a wide range of brain-related disorders. However, it was not before the advent of diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging (dMRI)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-01-27 Q. Zhou , O. Michailovich , Y. Rathi

Tractography traces the peak directions extracted from fiber orientation distribution (FOD) suffering from ambiguous spatial correspondences between diffusion directions and fiber geometry, which is prone to producing erroneous tracks while…

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Inferring brain connectivity and structure \textit{in-vivo} requires accurate estimation of the orientation distribution function (ODF), which encodes key local tissue properties. However, estimating the ODF from diffusion MRI (dMRI)…

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Diffusion-weighted (DW) MRI measures the direction and scale of the local diffusion process in every voxel through its spectrum in q-space, typically acquired in one or more shells. Recent developments in micro-structure imaging and…

We present a rotation-equivariant unsupervised learning framework for the sparse deconvolution of non-negative scalar fields defined on the unit sphere. Spherical signals with multiple peaks naturally arise in Diffusion MRI (dMRI), where…

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Fractional-order vortex beams possess fractional orbital angular momentum (FOAM) modes, which theoretically have the potential to increase transmission capacity infinitely. Therefore, they have significant application prospects in the…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-24 Yan Guo , Heng Lyu , Chunling Ding , Chenzhi Yuan , Ruibo Jin

Diffusion tractography is routinely used to study white matter architecture and brain connectivity in vivo. A key step for successful tractography of neuronal tracts is the correct identification of tract directions in each voxel. Here we…

Models of diffusion MRI within a voxel are useful for making inferences about the properties of the tissue and inferring fiber orientation distribution used by tractography algorithms. A useful model must fit the data accurately. However,…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2017-02-08 Ariel Rokem , Jason D. Yeatman , Franco Pestilli , Kendrick N. Kay , Aviv Mezer , Stefan van der Walt , Brian A. Wandell

Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) is a non-invasive imaging technique that allows estimation of the location of white matter tracts in-vivo, based on the measurement of water diffusion properties. For each voxel, a second-order tensor can be…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2013-10-24 Miriam H. A. Bauer , Sebastiano Barbieri , Jan Klein , Jan Egger , Daniela Kuhnt , Bernd Freisleben , Horst K. Hahn , Christopher Nimsky

Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DMRI) is the only non-invasive imaging technique which is able to detect the principal directions of water diffusion as well as neurites density in the human brain. Exploiting the ability of Spherical…

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Moving object detection (MOD) in remote sensing is significantly challenged by low resolution, extremely small object sizes, and complex noise interference. Current deep learning-based MOD methods rely on probability density estimation,…

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Diffusion models have become a popular approach for image generation and reconstruction due to their numerous advantages. However, most diffusion-based inverse problem-solving methods only deal with 2D images, and even recently published 3D…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-04 Suhyeon Lee , Hyungjin Chung , Minyoung Park , Jonghyuk Park , Wi-Sun Ryu , Jong Chul Ye

Our understanding of the human connectome is fundamentally limited by the resolution of diffusion MR images. Reconstructing a connectome's constituent neural pathways with tractography requires following a continuous field of fiber…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-12 Tyler Spears , P. Thomas Fletcher

Diffusion MRI (dMRI) provides the ability to reconstruct neuronal fibers in the brain, $\textit{in vivo}$, by measuring water diffusion along angular gradient directions in q-space. High angular resolution diffusion imaging (HARDI) can…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-05-30 Evan Schwab , René Vidal , Nicolas Charon

Objective: The study aims to address the challenge of aligning Standard Fundus Images (SFIs) and Ultra-Widefield Fundus Images (UWFIs), which is difficult due to their substantial differences in viewing range and the amorphous appearance of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Kanggeon Lee , Su Jeong Song , Soochahn Lee , Kyoung Mu Lee

Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) allows estimating the position, orientation and dimension of bundles of nerve pathways. This non-invasive imaging technique takes advantage of the diffusion of water molecules and determines the diffusion…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2011-03-09 Miriam H. A. Bauer , Jan Egger , Daniela Kuhnt , Sebastiano Barbieri , Jan Klein , Horst K. Hahn , Bernd Freisleben , Christopher Nimsky

Scattered Light Imaging (SLI) is a novel approach for microscopically revealing the fibre architecture of unstained brain sections. The measurements are obtained by illuminating brain sections from different angles and measuring the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-13 Esteban Vaca , Miriam Menzel , Katrin Amunts , Markus Axer , Timo Dickscheid