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Abstract #1013

Validating the single fODF and single microstructure kernel assumption in vivo using local SHARD features

Daan Christiaens1,2, Jelle Veraart3,4, Lucilio Cordero-Grande1,2, Anthony N Price1,2, Jana Hutter1,2, Joseph V Hajnal1,2, and J-Donald Tournier1,2

1Centre for the Developing Brain, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, 2Biomedical Engineering Department, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, 3Champalimaud Research, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal, 4iMinds - Vision Lab, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Most biophysical models of diffusion in the white matter assume that the diffusion MRI signal can be written as the convolution of a single fibre orientation distribution function and a single microstructural kernel, thereby ignoring microstructural differences between fascicles being captured in the same voxel. Here, we validate this assumption by various model selection approaches, i.e., Relative variance explained, F-test of 1- and 2-component models, and Component noise likelihood, and conclude that biologically more realistic, but mathematically more complex versions of the Diffusion Standard Model do not significantly improve the goodness-of-fit, even in case of rich diffusion MR data.

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