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Javid Dadashkarimi @dadashkarimi.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

“People who can suffer are ultimately the ones who are the most successful”. Jensen Huang’s, —NVIDIA’s CEO— advice to students youtu.be/zqI-EWQG8ZI?...

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Javid Dadashkarimi @dadashkarimi.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

I love this quote from Benjamin Franklin: ‘Either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.’ @upenn.edu

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Todd Constable @toddc.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Now that those #OHBM abstracts are done - think about submitting to this connectivity workshop. Stellar lineup of speakers is set! Register (and submit abstracts) here - medicine.yale.edu/mrrc/about/s... deadline is Jan 10, 2025.

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Javid Dadashkarimi @dadashkarimi.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

7/ We tested our method on two datasets: - HASTE images. - EPI scans. And showed that it reaches State-of-the-art performance, especially in younger fetuses. Also, our model is contrast agnostic; it generalizes to various modalities. You can find our preprint at arxiv.org/pdf/2410.20532

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Javid Dadashkarimi @dadashkarimi.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

6/ Testing: Step 2 (Fine-Level) - Model B handles mid-sized patches (96³) on the cropped volume. Same for model C with 64³ windows. - The majority voting across A, B, and C defines consistent regions likely containing the brain. - Model D refines the final binary mask to avoid edge effects.

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Javid Dadashkarimi @dadashkarimi.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

5/ Testing: Step 1 (Breadth-Level) Model A scans large patches (128³) for the brain. Model D tests tiny patches (32³) to ensure fine-grained accuracy. Combined masks crop the image to areas of interest for progressively further refinements.

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Javid Dadashkarimi @dadashkarimi.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

4/ To tackle maternal tissues that usually confuse U-Nets, we train 4 U-Nets: - Each is optimized for different patch sizes. - Synthetic images include full, partial, and absent brains. This multi-scale approach prepares us to handle complex scenarios during testing.

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Javid Dadashkarimi @dadashkarimi.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

3/ Our synthesizer has two components: - One controls the shape of the brain (applied on labels 1 to 7) - One manages the background (label 0 and labels 8 to 24). Separate parameters for each category allow us to have fine control over the variability of the shapes (e.g., warping, scaling, noise)

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Javid Dadashkarimi @dadashkarimi.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

2/ During training, we augment label maps with random background shapes: - A big ellipse (womb-like). - Contours inside/outside the ellipse. - Synthetic “sticks” and “bones” mimicking maternal anatomy. This creates diverse and realistic label maps.

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Javid Dadashkarimi @dadashkarimi.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

🧵 1/ Do you have limited annotations and need a robust fetal brain extraction model with endless training data? We introduce Breadth-Fine Search (BFS) and Deep Focused Sliding Window (DFS): a framework trained on infinite synthetic images derived from a small set of annotated seeds (label maps).

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Javid Dadashkarimi @dadashkarimi.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

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Todd Constable @toddc.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Nice work from Anja Samardzija and team. Instead of using CPM to identify networks, networks are predefined and used to evaluate external measures. This provides a framework for the development of improved tests assessing specific brain networks. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Testing the Tests: Using Connectome-Based Predictive Models to Reveal the Systems Standardized Tests and Clinical Symptoms are Reflecting

Neuroimaging has achieved considerable success in elucidating the neurophysiological underpinnings of various brain functions. Tools such as standardized cognitive tests and symptom inventories have p...

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