Publications by Muhamed Barakovic

Pore size estimation in axon-mimicking microfibers with diffusion-relaxation MRI

Jean-Philippe Thiran, Erick Jorge Canales Rodriguez, Muhamed Barakovic, Marco Pizzolato, Tim Bjørn Dyrby

Purpose: This study aims to evaluate two distinct approaches for fiber radius estimation using diffusion-relaxation MRI data acquired in biomimetic microfiber phantoms that mimic hollow axons. The methods considered are the spherical mean power-law approac ...

Wiley2024

A Multicenter Longitudinal MRI Study Assessing LeMan-PV Software Accuracy in the Detection of White Matter Lesions in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Meritxell Bach Cuadra, Tobias Kober, Bénédicte Marie Maréchal, Ricardo Alberto Corredor Jerez, Cristina Granziera, Muhamed Barakovic, Lester Melie Garcia, Po-Jui Lu

BackgroundDetecting new and enlarged lesions in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients is needed to determine their disease activity. LeMan-PV is a software embedded in the scanner reconstruction system of one vendor, which automatically assesses new and enlarge ...

WILEY2023

Estimating axon radius using diffusion-relaxation MRI: calibrating a surface-based relaxation model with histology

Jean-Philippe Thiran, Erick Jorge Canales Rodriguez, Muhamed Barakovic

Axon radius is a potential biomarker for brain diseases and a crucial tissue microstructure parameter that determines the speed of action potentials. Diffusion MRI (dMRI) allows non-invasive estimation of axon radius, but accurately estimating the radius o ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2023

The functional characterization of callosal connections

Muhamed Barakovic, Giorgio Innocenti

The brain operates through the synaptic interaction of distant neurons within flexible, often heterogeneous, distributed systems. Histological studies have detailed the connections between distant neurons, but their functional characterization deserves fur ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2022

Bundle-Specific Axon Diameter Index as a New Contrast to Differentiate White Matter Tracts

Jean-Philippe Thiran, David Paul Roger Romascano, Gabriel Girard, Alessandro Daducci, Cristina Granziera, Muhamed Barakovic, Maxime Descoteaux, Giorgio Innocenti

In the central nervous system of primates, several pathways are characterized by different spectra of axon diameters. In vivo methods, based on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, can provide axon diameter index estimates non-invasively. However ...

2021

CLaiMS-Net: cortical lesions assessment in multiple sclerosis patients via a convolutional neural network and a single 3T MRI acquisition

Jean-Philippe Thiran, Meritxell Bach Cuadra, Cristina Granziera, Muhamed Barakovic, Francesco La Rosa, Po-Jui Lu

SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD2021

An assessment of intra-scanner reproducibility of myelin-sensitive MRI measures

Meritxell Bach Cuadra, Cristina Granziera, Muhamed Barakovic, Francesco La Rosa, Lester Melie Garcia, Yi Wang, Po-Jui Lu

SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD2021

Comparison of diffusion MRI and CLARITY fiber orientation estimates in both gray and white matter regions of human and primate brain

Jean-Philippe Thiran, Muhamed Barakovic, Giorgio Innocenti

Diffusion MRI (dMRI) represents one of the few methods for mapping brain fiber orientations non-invasively. Unfortunately, dMRI fiber mapping is an indirect method that relies on inference from measured diffusion patterns. Comparing dMRI results with other ...

2021

Measuring compartmental T-2-orientational dependence in human brain white matter using a tiltable RF coil and diffusion-T-2 correlation MRI

Muhamed Barakovic

The anisotropy of brain white matter microstructure manifests itself in orientational-dependence of various MRI contrasts, and can result in significant quantification biases if ignored. Understanding the origins of this orientation-dependence could enhanc ...

2021

Multiple sclerosis cortical and WM lesion segmentation at 3T MRI: a deep learning method based on FLAIR and MP2RAGE

Jean-Philippe Thiran, Meritxell Bach Cuadra, Cristina Granziera, Francesco La Rosa, Muhamed Barakovic, Mario Joao Fartaria de Oliveira, Ahmed Abdulkadir, Po-Jui Lu

The presence of cortical lesions in multiple sclerosis patients has emerged as an important biomarker of the disease. They appear in the earliest stages of the illness and have been shown to correlate with the severity of clinical symptoms. However, cortic ...

2020