Abstract
Diffusion MRI (dMRI) is a non-invasive tool for assessing the white matter region of the brain by approximating the fiber streamlines, structural connectivity, and estimation of microstructure. This modality can yield useful information for diagnosing several mental diseases as well as for surgical planning. The higher angular resolution diffusion imaging (HARDI) technique is helpful in obtaining more robust fiber tracts by getting a good approximation of regions where fibers cross. Moreover, HARDI is more sensitive to tissue changes and can accurately represent anatomical details in the human brain at higher magnetic strengths. In other words, magnetic strengths affect the quality of the image, and hence high magnetic strength has good tissue contrast with better spatial resolution. However, a higher magnetic strength scanner (like 7T) is costly and unaffordable to most hospitals. Hence, in this work, we have proposed a novel CNN architecture for the transformation of 3T to 7T dMRI. Additionally, we have also reconstructed the multi-shell multi-tissue fiber orientation distribution function (MSMT fODF) at 7T from single-shell 3T. The proposed architecture consists of a CNN-based ODE solver utilizing the Trapezoidal rule and graph-based attention layer alongwith L1 and total variation loss. Finally, the model has been validated on the HCP data set quantitatively and qualitatively.
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