DTI analysis methods: fibre tracking and connectivity

MWA Caan - Diffusion tensor imaging: A practical handbook, 2016 - Springer
Fibre tracking is a powerful method for obtaining estimates of global structural connections
between brain regions from local measurements of diffusion. By post-processing diffusion …

A multiple streamline approach to high angular resolution diffusion tractography

YP Chao, JH Chen, KH Cho, CH Yeh, KH Chou… - Medical engineering & …, 2008 - Elsevier
Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging has the ability to map neuronal architecture
by estimating the 3D diffusion displacement within fibrous brain structures. This approach …

The challenge of mapping the human connectome based on diffusion tractography

KH Maier-Hein, PF Neher, JC Houde, MA Côté… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Tractography based on non-invasive diffusion imaging is central to the study of human brain
connectivity. To date, the approach has not been systematically validated in ground truth …

Histologically derived fiber response functions for diffusion MRI vary across white matter fibers—An ex vivo validation study in the squirrel monkey brain

KG Schilling, Y Gao, I Stepniewska, V Janve… - NMR in …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the relationship between the diffusion‐weighted MRI signal and the
arrangement of white matter fibers is fundamental for accurate voxel‐wise reconstruction of …

The role of whole‐brain diffusion MRI as a tool for studying human in vivo cortical segregation based on a measure of neurite density

F Calamante, B Jeurissen, RE Smith… - Magnetic resonance …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate whether diffusion MRI can be used to study cortical segregation
based on a contrast related to neurite density, thus providing a complementary tool to myelin …

Validation of in vitro probabilistic tractography

TB Dyrby, LV Søgaard, GJ Parker, DC Alexander… - Neuroimage, 2007 - Elsevier
Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and tractography allow the non-invasive study of
anatomical brain connectivity. However, a gold standard for validating tractography of …

Histological validation of diffusion MRI fiber orientation distributions and dispersion

KG Schilling, V Janve, Y Gao, I Stepniewska… - Neuroimage, 2018 - Elsevier
Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) is widely used to probe tissue microstructure,
and is currently the only non-invasive way to measure the brain's fiber architecture. While a …

Cortical fibers orientation mapping using in-vivo whole brain 7 T diffusion MRI

OF Gulban, F De Martino, AT Vu, E Yacoub, K Uğurbil… - Neuroimage, 2018 - Elsevier
Diffusion MRI of the cortical gray matter is challenging because the micro-environment
probed by water molecules is much more complex than within the white matter. High spatial …

MRtrix: diffusion tractography in crossing fiber regions

JD Tournier, F Calamante… - International journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, diffusion‐weighted magnetic resonance imaging has attracted considerable
attention due to its unique potential to delineate the white matter pathways of the brain …

Structure Tensor Informed Fiber Tractography (STIFT) by combining gradient echo MRI and diffusion weighted imaging

M Kleinnijenhuis, M Barth, DC Alexander… - NeuroImage, 2012 - Elsevier
Structural connectivity research in the human brain in vivo relies heavily on fiber
tractography in diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI). The accurate mapping of white matter …