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Multi-output Gaussian processes for enhancing resolution of diffusion tensor fields.

Second order diffusion tensor (DT) fields are widely used in several clinical applications: brain fibers connections, diagnosis of neuro-degenerative diseases, image registration, brain conductivity models, etc. However, due to current acquisition protocols and hardware limitations in MRI machines, the diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) data is obtained with low spatial resolution (1 or 2 mm(3) for each voxel). This issue can be significant, because tissue fibers are much smaller than voxel size. Interpolation has become in a successful methodology for enhancing spatial resolution of DT fields. In this work, we present a feature-based interpolation approach through multi-output Gaussian processes (MOGP). First, we extract the logarithm of eigenvalues (direction) and the Euler angles (orientation) from diffusion tensors and we consider each feature as a separated but related output. Then, we interpolate the features along the whole DT field. In this case, the independent variables are the space coordinates (x, y, z). For this purpose, we assume that all features follow a multi-output Gaussian process with a common covariance matrix. Finally, we reconstruct new tensors from the interpolated eigenvalues and Euler angles. Accuracy of our methodology is better compared to approaches in the state of the art for performing DT interpolation, and it achieves a performance similar to the recently introduced method based on Generalized Wishart processes for interpolation of positive semidefinite matrices. We also show that MOGP preserves important properties of diffusion tensors such as fractional anisotropy.

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