Efficient statistical methods for inference and model selection in diffusion-weighted MRI models
Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DW-MRI) on the brain is a revolutionary method that provides in-vivo access to tissue macrostructure non-invasively (Basser et al., 1994). Recently, DW-MRI has been shown to have great potential in characterising brain microstructure, such as diameter a...
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| description | Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DW-MRI) on the brain is a revolutionary method that provides in-vivo access to tissue macrostructure non-invasively (Basser et al., 1994). Recently, DW-MRI has been shown to have great potential in characterising brain microstructure, such as diameter and size distribution of neuronal fibres, features that were available so far only postmortem or through animal studies (Zhang et al., 2011). Using a process known as Tractography the existence of brain connections can be estimated using a set of DW images (Basser et al., 2000).
The main aim of this thesis is to develop efficient methods for studying Tractography within a Bayesian framework. In order to characterise the white matter in the brain we focus on the widely used partial volume model (Behrens et al., 2003). We describe methods that are both time and computationally efficient for estimating the parameters of the partial volume model, before reparametrising the model, so that parameter estimation is viable in some special cases. The partial volume model allows for multiple fibre orientations so we develop methodology to choose between the number of white matter fibres in a voxel. We then take into account the uncertainty in the number of fibre orientations and provide a Fully Probabilistic Tractography method as an alternative to existing Tractography algorithms. Finally we look into the Global Tractography model (Jbabdi et al., 2007) and develop efficient methods for inferring connections between brain regions by investigating methods based on Thermodynamic Integration. |
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| spelling | nottingham-311732025-02-28T13:22:32Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31173/ Efficient statistical methods for inference and model selection in diffusion-weighted MRI models Mott, Lisa Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DW-MRI) on the brain is a revolutionary method that provides in-vivo access to tissue macrostructure non-invasively (Basser et al., 1994). Recently, DW-MRI has been shown to have great potential in characterising brain microstructure, such as diameter and size distribution of neuronal fibres, features that were available so far only postmortem or through animal studies (Zhang et al., 2011). Using a process known as Tractography the existence of brain connections can be estimated using a set of DW images (Basser et al., 2000). The main aim of this thesis is to develop efficient methods for studying Tractography within a Bayesian framework. In order to characterise the white matter in the brain we focus on the widely used partial volume model (Behrens et al., 2003). We describe methods that are both time and computationally efficient for estimating the parameters of the partial volume model, before reparametrising the model, so that parameter estimation is viable in some special cases. The partial volume model allows for multiple fibre orientations so we develop methodology to choose between the number of white matter fibres in a voxel. We then take into account the uncertainty in the number of fibre orientations and provide a Fully Probabilistic Tractography method as an alternative to existing Tractography algorithms. Finally we look into the Global Tractography model (Jbabdi et al., 2007) and develop efficient methods for inferring connections between brain regions by investigating methods based on Thermodynamic Integration. 2016-03-15 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31173/1/Lisa_Mott_PhD_thesis.pdf Mott, Lisa (2016) Efficient statistical methods for inference and model selection in diffusion-weighted MRI models. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. computational diffusion MRI brain imaging tractography magnetic resonance imaging MRI |
| spellingShingle | computational diffusion MRI brain imaging tractography magnetic resonance imaging MRI Mott, Lisa Efficient statistical methods for inference and model selection in diffusion-weighted MRI models |
| title | Efficient statistical methods for inference and model selection in diffusion-weighted MRI models |
| title_full | Efficient statistical methods for inference and model selection in diffusion-weighted MRI models |
| title_fullStr | Efficient statistical methods for inference and model selection in diffusion-weighted MRI models |
| title_full_unstemmed | Efficient statistical methods for inference and model selection in diffusion-weighted MRI models |
| title_short | Efficient statistical methods for inference and model selection in diffusion-weighted MRI models |
| title_sort | efficient statistical methods for inference and model selection in diffusion-weighted mri models |
| topic | computational diffusion MRI brain imaging tractography magnetic resonance imaging MRI |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31173/ |