Dynamic Neural Fields for Learning Atlases of 4D Fetal MRI Time-series
Zeen Chi Zhongxiao Cong Clinton J. Wang Yingcheng Liu Esra Abaci Turk P. Ellen Grant S. Mazdak Abulnaga Polina Golland Neel Dey
We present a method for fast biomedical image atlas construction using neural
fields. Atlases are key to biomedical image analysis tasks, yet conventional
and deep network estimation methods remain time-intensive. In this preliminary
work, we frame subject-specific atlas building as learning a neural field of
deformable spatiotemporal observations. We apply our method to learning
subject-specific atlases and motion stabilization of dynamic BOLD MRI
time-series of fetuses in utero. Our method yields high-quality atlases of
fetal BOLD time-series with $\sim$5-7$\times$ faster convergence compared to
existing work. While our method slightly underperforms well-tuned baselines in
terms of anatomical overlap, it estimates templates significantly faster, thus
enabling rapid processing and stabilization of large databases of 4D dynamic
MRI acquisitions. Code is available at
https://github.com/Kidrauh/neural-atlasing