Rank-2 model-order selection in diffusion tensor MRI: Infromation complexity based on the total Kullback-Leibler divergence

Jianfei Yang, Dirk H.J. Poot, Matthan W.A. Caan, Frans M. Vos, Lucas J. Van Vliet

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Abstract

Diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) can assess the integrity of white matter (WM) structures in the human brain. Multi-compartment analysis of DW-MRI requires an estimate of the number of compartments to permit unbiased estimation of the diffusion shape in a single fibers as well as crossing fascicles. We propose a new, rotation-invariant measure to assess the suitability of a model by a measure for information complexity (ICOMP) based on the total Kullback-Leibler divergence (TKLD). ICOMP-TKLD is evaluated on simulated data and on data from the Human Connectome Project. Compared to the state-of-the-art, ICOMP-TKLD is the only method that yields reliable model-order selection in both homogeneous and heterogeneous WM regions. Therefore, ICOM-TKLD may open the way for structure-adaptive estimation of diffusion properties of the entire brain.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 IEEE 12th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2015
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages926-929
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781479923748
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Jul 2015
Event12th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2015 - Brooklyn, United States
Duration: 16 Apr 201519 Apr 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging
Volume2015-July

Conference

Conference12th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBrooklyn
Period16/04/201519/04/2015

Keywords

  • DTI
  • model selection

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