Diffusion MRI microstructure approaches use point estimates ignoring the uncertainty in these estimates. In this work, we evaluate two general methods to quantify uncertainty and generate uncertainty maps for any microstructure model. We find that the Fisher Information Matrix method based in nonlinear optimization is fast and accurate for models with few parameters. The Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) based method takes more time, but provides robust uncertainty estimates even for sophisticated models with more parameters. Uncertainty estimates of microstructure measures can help power evaluations for group/population studies and assist in data quality control and analysis of microstructure model fit.
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