Artificial Intelligence in Diffusion MRI - Enhanced Cuckoo Search Algorithm with Metaheuristic Components for Extracting the Maxima of the Orientation Distribution Function

(ii) Describing the problem: Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) is used for non-invasive investigations of anatomical connectivity in the human brain, while Q-ball imaging (QBI) is a diffusion MRI reconstruction technique based on the orientation distribution function (ODF), which detects the dominant fiber orientations;