*Result*: Accelerated Diffusion Basis Spectrum Imaging With Tensor Computations.

Title:
Accelerated Diffusion Basis Spectrum Imaging With Tensor Computations.
Authors:
Utt KL; Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA., Blum JS; Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA., Rim D; Department of Mathematics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA., Song SK; Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Source:
Human brain mapping [Hum Brain Mapp] 2026 Feb 01; Vol. 47 (2), pp. e70460.
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Language:
English
Journal Info:
Publisher: Wiley Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9419065 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1097-0193 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10659471 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Hum Brain Mapp Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s):
Publication: New York : Wiley
Original Publication: New York : Wiley-Liss, c1993-
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Grant Information:
R01-NS116091 United States NH NIH HHS; R01-CA258690 United States NH NIH HHS; RO1-CA282022 United States NH NIH HHS
Contributed Indexing:
Keywords: diffusion MRI; multitensor estimation; self‐diffusion; signal processing
Entry Date(s):
Date Created: 20260202 Date Completed: 20260202 Latest Revision: 20260209
Update Code:
20260209
PubMed Central ID:
PMC12862189
DOI:
10.1002/hbm.70460
PMID:
41622723
Database:
MEDLINE

*Further Information*

*This paper introduces an advanced framework for accelerated processing of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) data that utilizes an entire-image modeling approach to optimize the estimation of diffusion parameters from DWIs by mapping input diffusion data to predicted signals and estimating parameter values via a stochastic gradient descent optimizer (Adam). To validate this approach, we applied this framework to diffusion basis spectrum imaging (DBSI) and analyzed in vivo human brain and ex vivo mouse brain DWIs. Results demonstrate significant improvements to computational speed and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in estimated parameter maps compared to standard DBSI. Our approach is applicable to any diffusion signal representation and enables rapid and reliable signal partitioning in complex microstructural environments, demonstrating the potential of this framework for future neuroimaging research.
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