@inproceedings{66010e1413e74a7f947e7e2a0f39cf9a,
title = "A Structural Causal Model for MR Images of Multiple Sclerosis",
abstract = "Precision medicine involves answering counterfactual questions such as “Would this patient respond better to treatment A or treatment B?” These types of questions are causal in nature and require the tools of causal inference to be answered, e.g., with a structural causal model (SCM). In this work, we develop an SCM that models the interaction between demographic information, disease covariates, and magnetic resonance (MR) images of the brain for people with multiple sclerosis. Inference in the SCM generates counterfactual images that show what an MR image of the brain would look like if demographic or disease covariates are changed. These images can be used for modeling disease progression or used for downstream image processing tasks where controlling for confounders is necessary.",
keywords = "Causal inference, MRI, Multiple sclerosis",
author = "Reinhold, {Jacob C.} and Aaron Carass and Prince, {Jerry L.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.; 24th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2021 ; Conference date: 27-09-2021 Through 01-10-2021",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-87240-3_75",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9783030872397",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "782--792",
editor = "{de Bruijne}, Marleen and Cattin, {Philippe C.} and St{\'e}phane Cotin and Nicolas Padoy and Stefanie Speidel and Yefeng Zheng and Caroline Essert",
booktitle = "Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2021 - 24th International Conference, Proceedings",
address = "Germany",
}