arXiv:2606.00156eess.IVcs.AI2026-06

用物理约束的生成模型,让低采样、低成本的脑部MRI也能精准还原微观结构。

A physics-informed foundation model for quantitative diffusion MRI

  • 基于物理规律训练生成网络,零样本适配个体数据重建微结构图
  • 10倍加速下仍能保留皮层亚毫米级结构和儿童白质发育轨迹
  • 适用于低场设备与临床快扫,支持肿瘤生物标志物提取

理解人类大脑需解析其微观组织结构。扩散磁共振成像(dMRI)是目前唯一可无创观测全脑活体微结构的方法,但可靠的定量映射仍局限于需要密集采样和优化协议的专业研究环境。为此,我们提出物理信息生成微结构网络(PIGMENT),学习人类脑微结构的通用生成先验,并零样本适配个体测量数据以恢复受试者特异性映射。该模型在覆盖多个中心、厂商和场强的11375个扫描数据上训练,实现了对张量、峰度及NODDI模型在五个独立中心外部数据集上的可靠定量映射。在传统拟合失效时,仍可从极稀疏采集中恢复有意义的映射,并支持下游纤维追踪与结构连接性分析。PIGMENT估计展现出强生物学有效性,即使在10倍加速扫描下仍保持亚毫米级皮层微结构模式和早期儿童白质发育轨迹。此外,该方法可在成本低廉的低场系统上实现可靠张量映射,并通过超快临床协议提取与肿瘤相关的生物标志物。这些结果确立了PIGMENT作为物理信息基础模型的地位,将定量扩散MRI拓展至以往因采样过少、异质性高或临床限制而难以分析的领域。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Understanding the human brain requires access to its microscopic tissue architecture. Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides the only noninvasive window into whole-brain microstructure in vivo, yet reliable quantitative mapping remains confined to specialized research settings requiring dense sampling and optimized acquisition protocols. To address this gap, we present a physics-informed generative microstructure network (PIGMENT) that learns a universal generative prior of human brain microstructure and adapts it zero-shot to each participant's measured data to recover subject-specific maps. Trained on 11375 scans spanning multiple sites, vendors, and field strengths, PIGMENT enabled reliable quantitative mapping for tensor, kurtosis, and NODDI models across external datasets from five independent centers. It remains effective where conventional fitting becomes unreliable, recovering meaningful maps from extremely sparse acquisitions while supporting downstream tractography and structural connectivity mapping. PIGMENT estimates demonstrated strong biological validity, preserving submillimeter cortical microarchitectural patterns and early-childhood white matter developmental trajectories from 10-fold accelerated scans. Furthermore, PIGMENT enables reliable quantitative tensor mapping on cost-efficient low-field systems and the extraction of tumor-related biomarkers using ultra-fast clinical protocols. Together, these results establish PIGMENT as a physics-informed foundation model that extends quantitative diffusion MRI into regimes traditionally too sparse, heterogeneous, or clinically constrained for reliable analysis.

扩散MRI生成模型基础模型脑结构

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