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"""
======================================================
Denoise images using the Marcenko-Pastur PCA algorithm
======================================================

The PCA-based denoising algorithm exploits the redundancy across the
diffusion-weighted images :footcite:p:`Manjon2013`, :footcite:p:`Veraart2016b`.
This algorithm has been shown to provide an optimal compromise between noise
suppression and loss of anatomical information for different techniques such as
DTI :footcite:p:`Manjon2013`, spherical deconvolution :footcite:p:`Veraart2016b`
and DKI :footcite:p:`NetoHenriques2018`.

The basic idea behind the PCA-based denoising algorithms is to remove the
components of the data that are classified as noise. The Principal Components
classification can be performed based on prior noise variance estimates
:footcite:p:`Manjon2013`
(see :ref:`denoise_localpca<sphx_glr_examples_built_preprocessing_denoise_localpca.py>`)
or automatically based on the Marchenko-Pastur distribution
:footcite:p:`Veraart2016b`. In addition to noise suppression, the PCA algorithm
can be used to get the standard deviation of the noise
:footcite:p:`Veraart2016b`.

In the following example, we show how to denoise diffusion MRI images and
estimate the noise standard deviation using the PCA algorithm based
on the Marcenko-Pastur distribution :footcite:p:`Veraart2016b`

Let's load the necessary modules
"""  # noqa: E501

# load general modules
from time import time

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

# load other dipy's functions that will be used for auxiliary analysis
from dipy.core.gradients import gradient_table

# load functions to fetch data for this example
from dipy.data import get_fnames

# load main pca function using Marcenko-Pastur distribution
from dipy.denoise.localpca import mppca
from dipy.io.gradients import read_bvals_bvecs
from dipy.io.image import load_nifti, save_nifti
import dipy.reconst.dki as dki
from dipy.segment.mask import median_otsu

###############################################################################
# For this example, we use fetch to download a multi-shell dataset which was
# kindly provided by Hansen and Jespersen (more details about the data are
# provided in their paper :footcite:p:`Hansen2016a`). The total size of the
# downloaded data is 192 MBytes, however you only need to fetch it once.

dwi_fname, dwi_bval_fname, dwi_bvec_fname, _ = get_fnames(name="cfin_multib")
data, affine = load_nifti(dwi_fname)
bvals, bvecs = read_bvals_bvecs(dwi_bval_fname, dwi_bvec_fname)
gtab = gradient_table(bvals, bvecs=bvecs)

###############################################################################
# For the sake of simplicity, we only select two non-zero b-values for this
# example.

bvals = gtab.bvals

bvecs = gtab.bvecs

sel_b = np.logical_or(np.logical_or(bvals == 0, bvals == 1000), bvals == 2000)

data = data[..., sel_b]

gtab = gradient_table(bvals[sel_b], bvecs=bvecs[sel_b])

print(data.shape)

###############################################################################
# As one can see from its shape, the selected data contains a total of 67
# volumes of images corresponding to all the diffusion gradient directions
# of the selected b-values.
#
# The PCA denoising using the Marchenko-Pastur distribution can be performed by
# calling the function ``mppca``:

t = time()

denoised_arr = mppca(data, patch_radius=2)

print("Time taken for local MP-PCA ", -t + time())

###############################################################################
# Internally, the ``mppca`` algorithm denoises the diffusion-weighted data
# using a 3D sliding window which is defined by the variable patch_radius.
# In total, this window should comprise a larger number of voxels than the
# number of diffusion-weighted volumes. Since our data has a total of 67
# volumes, the patch_radius is set to 2 which corresponds to a 5x5x5 sliding
# window comprising a total of 125 voxels.

# To assess the performance of the Marchenko-Pastur PCA denoising algorithm,
# an axial slice of the original data, denoised data, and residuals are
# plotted below:

sli = data.shape[2] // 2
gra = data.shape[3] - 1
orig = data[:, :, sli, gra]
den = denoised_arr[:, :, sli, gra]
rms_diff = np.sqrt((orig - den) ** 2)

fig1, ax = plt.subplots(1, 3, figsize=(12, 6), subplot_kw={"xticks": [], "yticks": []})

fig1.subplots_adjust(hspace=0.3, wspace=0.05)

ax.flat[0].imshow(orig.T, cmap="gray", interpolation="none", origin="lower")
ax.flat[0].set_title("Original")
ax.flat[1].imshow(den.T, cmap="gray", interpolation="none", origin="lower")
ax.flat[1].set_title("Denoised Output")
ax.flat[2].imshow(rms_diff.T, cmap="gray", interpolation="none", origin="lower")
ax.flat[2].set_title("Residuals")

fig1.savefig("denoised_mppca.png")

###############################################################################
# .. rst-class:: centered small fst-italic fw-semibold
#
# The noise suppression can be visually appreciated by comparing the original
# data slice (left panel) to its denoised version (middle panel). The
# difference between original and denoised data showing only random noise
# indicates that the data's structural information is preserved by the PCA
# denoising algorithm (right panel).
#
#
# Below we show how the denoised data can be saved.

save_nifti("denoised_mppca.nii.gz", denoised_arr, affine)

###############################################################################
# Additionally, we show how the PCA denoising algorithm affects different
# diffusion measurements. For this, we run the diffusion kurtosis model
# below on both original and denoised versions of the data:

dkimodel = dki.DiffusionKurtosisModel(gtab)

maskdata, mask = median_otsu(
    data, vol_idx=[0, 1], median_radius=4, numpass=2, autocrop=False, dilate=1
)

dki_orig = dkimodel.fit(data, mask=mask)
dki_den = dkimodel.fit(denoised_arr, mask=mask)

###############################################################################
# We use the following code to plot the MD, FA and MK estimates from the two
# data fits:

FA_orig = dki_orig.fa
FA_den = dki_den.fa
MD_orig = dki_orig.md
MD_den = dki_den.md
MK_orig = dki_orig.mk(min_kurtosis=0, max_kurtosis=3)
MK_den = dki_den.mk(min_kurtosis=0, max_kurtosis=3)


fig2, ax = plt.subplots(2, 3, figsize=(10, 6), subplot_kw={"xticks": [], "yticks": []})

fig2.subplots_adjust(hspace=0.3, wspace=0.03)

ax.flat[0].imshow(
    MD_orig[:, :, sli].T, cmap="gray", vmin=0, vmax=2.0e-3, origin="lower"
)
ax.flat[0].set_title("MD (DKI)")
ax.flat[1].imshow(FA_orig[:, :, sli].T, cmap="gray", vmin=0, vmax=0.7, origin="lower")
ax.flat[1].set_title("FA (DKI)")
ax.flat[2].imshow(MK_orig[:, :, sli].T, cmap="gray", vmin=0, vmax=1.5, origin="lower")
ax.flat[2].set_title("AD (DKI)")
ax.flat[3].imshow(MD_den[:, :, sli].T, cmap="gray", vmin=0, vmax=2.0e-3, origin="lower")
ax.flat[3].set_title("MD (DKI)")
ax.flat[4].imshow(FA_den[:, :, sli].T, cmap="gray", vmin=0, vmax=0.7, origin="lower")
ax.flat[4].set_title("FA (DKI)")
ax.flat[5].imshow(MK_den[:, :, sli].T, cmap="gray", vmin=0, vmax=1.5, origin="lower")
ax.flat[5].set_title("AD (DKI)")
plt.show()
fig2.savefig("denoised_dki.png")

###############################################################################
# .. rst-class:: centered small fst-italic fw-semibold
#
# In the above figure, the DKI maps obtained from the original data are shown
# in the upper panels, while the DKI maps from the denoised data are shown in
# the lower panels. Substantial improvements in measurement robustness can be
# visually appreciated, particularly for the FA and MK estimates.
#
#
# Noise standard deviation estimation using the Marchenko-Pastur PCA algorithm
# ============================================================================
#
# As mentioned above, the Marcenko-Pastur PCA algorithm can also be used to
# estimate the image's noise standard deviation (std). The noise std
# automatically computed from the ``mppca`` function can be returned by
# setting the optional input parameter ``return_sigma`` to True.

denoised_arr, sigma = mppca(data, patch_radius=2, return_sigma=True)

###############################################################################
# Let's plot the noise standard deviation estimate:

fig3 = plt.figure("PCA Noise standard deviation estimation")
plt.imshow(sigma[..., sli].T, cmap="gray", origin="lower")
plt.axis("off")
plt.show()
fig3.savefig("pca_sigma.png")

###############################################################################
# .. rst-class:: centered small fst-italic fw-semibold
#
# The above figure shows that the Marchenko-Pastur PCA algorithm computes a 3D
# spatial varying noise level map. To obtain the mean noise std across all
# voxels, you can use the following lines of code:

mean_sigma = np.mean(sigma[mask])

print(mean_sigma)

###############################################################################
# Below we use this mean noise level estimate to compute the nominal SNR of
# the data (i.e. SNR at b-value=0):

b0 = denoised_arr[..., 0]

mean_signal = np.mean(b0[mask])

snr = mean_signal / mean_sigma

print(snr)

###############################################################################
# References
# ----------
#
# .. footbibliography::
#