This academic article investigates the connection between female brain health and sex hormone fluctuations. The researchers developed tools to quantify 3D shape changes in the brain during these fluctuations, using geodesic regression. They proposed approximation schemes to make this approach more practical. The method was applied to real brain shape data, providing the first characterization of how the female hippocampus changes shape during the menstrual cycle as a function of progesterone. This research could significantly impact the fields of bio-medicine and computer vision.
Publication date: 29 Sep 2023
Project Page: Not provided
Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.16662
