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most citedPredicting Age from White Matter Diffusivity with Residual Learning

5 citations · 15 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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16 papers

cs.AI2026

Generalizable field of view extension for diffusion MRI via conditional flow matching

Gaurav Rudravaram, Lianrui Zuo, Ema Topolnjak +22

Incomplete field-of-view (FOV) diffusion MRI (dMRI) acquisitions compromise whole-brain white matter analysis by excluding brain regions from tractography and connectivity studies.…

cs.CV2026

Identity-Duplication Auditing in National-Scale Neuroimaging Repositories

Jiheng Li, Michael E. Kim, Trent M. Schwartz +20

National-scale magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) repositories increasingly integrate data from different studies and institutions. However, subject identifiers assigned to study par…

cs.CV2026

SliceBridge: Context-Consistent Repair of Corrupted Slice Intervals in T1-Weighted MRI

Jiheng Li, Michael E. Kim, Trent M. Schwartz +8

Structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images are sometimes corrupted over a contiguous set of slices, where acquisition, motion, hardware, or reconstruction effects leave a s…

eess.IV2026

Large-Scale Deployment and Analytical Implications of Structured Quality Control in Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Michael E. Kim, Chenyu Gao, Karthik Ramadass +17

Purpose: Diffusion MRI (dMRI) provides a diverse set of quantitative measures and derived datatypes to assess white matter microstructure and macrostructure. Coupled with the incre…

cs.LG2026

Unsupervised learning of acquisition variability in structural connectomes via hybrid latent space modeling

Gaurav Rudravaram, Lianrui Zuo, Karthik Ramadass +17

Acquisition differences across sites, scanners, and protocols in dMRI introduce variability that complicates structural connectome analysis. This motivates deep learning models tha…

q-bio.NC2025

Characterizing Continuous and Discrete Hybrid Latent Spaces for Structural Connectomes

Gaurav Rudravaram, Lianrui Zuo, Adam M. Saunders +12

Structural connectomes are detailed graphs that map how different brain regions are physically connected, offering critical insight into aging, cognition, and neurodegenerative dis…

eess.IV2025

Pitfalls of defacing whole-head MRI: re-identification risk with diffusion models and compromised research potential

Chenyu Gao, Kaiwen Xu, Michael E. Kim +11

Defacing is often applied to head magnetic resonance image (MRI) datasets prior to public release to address privacy concerns. The alteration of facial and nearby voxels has provok…

eess.IV2025

Polyhedra Encoding Transformers: Enhancing Diffusion MRI Analysis Beyond Voxel and Volumetric Embedding

Tianyuan Yao, Zhiyuan Li, Praitayini Kanakaraj +6

Diffusion-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (dMRI) is an essential tool in neuroimaging. It is arguably the sole noninvasive technique for examining the microstructural propertie…

cs.CV2024★ 3 cited

Brain age identification from diffusion MRI synergistically predicts neurodegenerative disease

Chenyu Gao, Michael E. Kim, Karthik Ramadass +27

Estimated brain age from magnetic resonance image (MRI) and its deviation from chronological age can provide early insights into potential neurodegenerative diseases, supporting ea…

cs.DC2024★ 1 cited

Scalable quality control on processing of large diffusion-weighted and structural magnetic resonance imaging datasets

Michael E. Kim, Chenyu Gao, Karthik Ramadass +16

Proper quality control (QC) is time consuming when working with large-scale medical imaging datasets, yet necessary, as poor-quality data can lead to erroneous conclusions or poorl…

cs.CV2024★ 1 cited

Multi-Modality Conditioned Variational U-Net for Field-of-View Extension in Brain Diffusion MRI

Zhiyuan Li, Chenyu Gao, Praitayini Kanakaraj +13

An incomplete field-of-view (FOV) in diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) can severely hinder the volumetric and bundle analyses of whole-brain white matter connectivity. Al…

cs.DC2024★ 1 cited

Scalable, reproducible, and cost-effective processing of large-scale medical imaging datasets

Michael E. Kim, Karthik Ramadass, Chenyu Gao +11

Curating, processing, and combining large-scale medical imaging datasets from national studies is a non-trivial task due to the intense computation and data throughput required, va…

physics.med-ph2024

Harmonized connectome resampling for variance in voxel sizes

Elyssa M. McMaster, Nancy R. Newlin, Gaurav Rudravaram +10

To date, there has been no comprehensive study characterizing the effect of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging voxel resolution on the resulting connectome for high reso…

cs.CV2024★ 4 cited

Field-of-View Extension for Brain Diffusion MRI via Deep Generative Models

Chenyu Gao, Shunxing Bao, Michael Kim +13

Purpose: In diffusion MRI (dMRI), the volumetric and bundle analyses of whole-brain tissue microstructure and connectivity can be severely impeded by an incomplete field-of-view (F…

q-bio.NC2024

Evaluation of Mean Shift, ComBat, and CycleGAN for Harmonizing Brain Connectivity Matrices Across Sites

Hanliang Xu, Nancy R. Newlin, Michael E. Kim +15

Connectivity matrices derived from diffusion MRI (dMRI) provide an interpretable and generalizable way of understanding the human brain connectome. However, dMRI suffers from inter…

eess.IV2023★ 5 cited

Predicting Age from White Matter Diffusivity with Residual Learning

Chenyu Gao, Michael E. Kim, Ho Hin Lee +17

Imaging findings inconsistent with those expected at specific chronological age ranges may serve as early indicators of neurological disorders and increased mortality risk. Estimat…