RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Validation of deep learning techniques for quality augmentation in diffusion MRI for clinical studies A1 Aja Fernández, Santiago A1 Martín Martín, Carmen A1 Planchuelo Gómez, Álvaro A1 Faiyaz, Abrar A1 Uddin, Md Nasir A1 Schifitto, Giovanni A1 Tiwari, Abhishek A1 Shigwan, Saurabh J. A1 Kumar Singh, Rajeev A1 Zheng, Tianshu A1 Cao, Zuozhen A1 Wu, Dan A1 Blumberg, Stefano B. A1 Sen, Snigdha A1 Goodwin-Allcock, Tobias A1 Slator, Paddy J. A1 Yigit Avci, Mehmet A1 Li, Zihan A1 Bilgic, Berkin A1 Tian, Qiyuan A1 Wang, Xinyi A1 Tang, Zihao A1 Cabezas, Mariano A1 Rauland, Amelie A1 Merhof, Dorit A1 Manzano María, Renata A1 Campos, Vinícius Paraníba A1 Santini, Tales A1 da Costa Vieira, Marcelo Andrade A1 HashemizadehKolowri, SeyyedKazem A1 DiBella, Edward A1 Peng, Chenxu A1 Shen, Zhimin A1 Chen, Zan A1 Ullah, Irfan A1 Mani, Merry A1 Abdolmotallby, Hesam A1 Eckstrom, Samuel A1 Baete, Steven H. A1 Filipiak, Patryk A1 Dong, Tanxin A1 Fan, Qiuyun A1 Luis García, Rodrigo de A1 Tristán Vega, Antonio A1 Pieciak, Tomasz K1 Deep learning K1 Machine learning K1 Artificial intelligence K1 Diffusion MRI K1 Angular resolution K1 Diffusion tensor AB The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of deep learning (DL) techniques in improving the quality of diffusion MRI (dMRI) data in clinical applications. The study aims to determine whether the use of artificial intelligence (AI) methods in medical images may result in the loss of critical clinical information and/or the appearance of false information. To assess this, the focus was on the angular resolution of dMRI and a clinical trial was conducted on migraine, specifically between episodic and chronic migraine patients. The number of gradient directions had an impact on white matter analysis results, with statistically significant differences between groups being drastically reduced when using 21 gradient directions instead of the original 61. Fourteen teams from different institutions were tasked to use DL to enhance three diffusion metrics (FA, AD and MD) calculated from data acquired with 21 gradient directions and a b-value of 1000 s/mm2. The goal was to produce results that were comparable to those calculated from 61 gradient directions. The results were evaluated using both standard image quality metrics and Tract-Based Spatial Statistics (TBSS) to compare episodic and chronic migraine patients. The study results suggest that while most DL techniques improved the ability to detect statistical differences between groups, they also led to an increase in false positive. The results showed that there was a constant growth rate of false positives linearly proportional to the new true positives, which highlights the risk of generalization of AI-based tasks when assessing diverse clinical cohorts and training using data from a single group. The methods also showed divergent performance when replicating the original distribution of the data and some exhibited significant bias. In conclusion, extreme caution should be exercised when using AI methods for harmonization or synthesis in clinical studies when processing heterogeneous data in clinical studies, as important information may be altered, even when global metrics such as structural similarity or peak signal-to-noise ratio appear to suggest otherwise. PB Elsevier SN 2213-1582 YR 2023 FD 2023 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/70628 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/70628 LA eng NO NeuroImage: Clinical, 2023, vol. 39, p. 103483 DS UVaDOC RD 27-dic-2024