BundleAGE: Predicting White Matter Age using Along-Tract Microstructural Profiles from Diffusion MRI. 2024

Yixue Feng, and Julio E Villalón-Reina, and Talia M Nir, and Bramsh Q Chandio, and Neda Jahanshad, and Paul M Thompson
Imaging Genetics Center, Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, CA, United States.

Brain Age Gap Estimation (BrainAGE) is an estimate of the gap between a person's chronological age (CA) and a measure of their brain's 'biological age' (BA). This metric is often used as a marker of accelerated aging, albeit with some caveats. Age prediction models trained on brain structural and functional MRI have been employed to derive BrainAGE biomarkers, for predicting the risk of neurodegeneration. While voxel-based and along-tract microstructural maps from diffusion MRI have been used to study brain aging, no studies have evaluated along-tract microstructure for computing BrainAGE. In this study, we train machine learning models to predict a person's age using along-tract microstructural profiles from diffusion tensor imaging. We were able to demonstrate differential aging patterns across different white matter bundles and microstructural measures. The novel Bundle Age Gap Estimation (BundleAGE) biomarker shows potential in quantifying risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases and aging, while incorporating finer scale information throughout white matter bundles.

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