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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2023

Extensive T1-weighted MRI Preprocessing Improves Generalizability of Deep Brain Age Prediction Models.

Lara Dular, Franjo Pernuš, Žiga Špiclin

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Lara DularUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Tržaška cesta 25, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-9947-1501
Franjo PernušUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Tržaška cesta 25, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia.
Žiga ŠpiclinUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Tržaška cesta 25, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0001-8300-0417

Funding

Smartphone-Based "Burst" Cognitive AssessmentsP01AG003991 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CHENGJIE XIONG · 1985 to 2026
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WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ALZHEIMERS DISEASE RESEARCH CENTERP50AG005681 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI FAGAN, ANNE · 1985 to 2019
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Abstract

Brain age is an estimate of chronological age obtained from T1-weighted magnetic resonance images (T1w MRI) and represents a simple diagnostic biomarker of brain ageing and associated diseases. While the current best accuracy of brain age predictions on T1w MRIs of healthy subjects ranges from two to three years, comparing results from different studies is challenging due to differences in the datasets, T1w preprocessing pipelines, and performance metrics used. This paper investigates the impact of T1w image preprocessing on the performance of four deep learning brain age models presented in recent literature. Four preprocessing pipelines were evaluated, differing in terms of registration, grayscale correction, and software implementation. The results showed that the choice of software or preprocessing steps can significantly affect the prediction error, with a maximum increase of 0.7 years in mean absolute error (MAE) for the same model and dataset. While grayscale correction had no significant impact on MAE, the affine registration, compared to the rigid registration of T1w images to brain atlas was shown to statistically significantly improve MAE. Models trained on 3D images with isotropic 1

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brain agecomparisondeep regression modellinear mixed effect modelsMRI preprocessingreproducible researchtransfer learningUK Biobank

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