Deep learning microstructure estimation of developing brains from diffusion MRI: A newborn and fetal study

Hamza Kebiri, Ali Gholipour, Rizhong Lin, Lana Vasung, Camilo Calixto, Zeljka Krsnik, Davood Karimi, Meritxell Bach Cuadra

Abstract: Highlights•Estimating microstructure with dMRI requires multiple time-consuming measurements.•Acquisitions are time constrained in newborn and fetal populations.•With few samples, deep learning on high quality datasets can alleviate this problem.•Validated on research and clinical datasets of newborns and fetuses, with histology.