Extracting diffusion tensor fractional anisotropy and mean diffusivity from 3-direction DWI scans using deep learning.

Journal: Magnetic resonance in medicine
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To develop and evaluate machine-learning methods that reconstruct fractional anisotropy (FA) values and mean diffusivities (MD) from 3-direction diffusion MRI (dMRI) acquisitions.

Authors

  • Eric Aliotta
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA.
  • Hamidreza Nourzadeh
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA.
  • Sohil H Patel
    Department of Radiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.