SIFT: Spherical-deconvolution informed filtering of tractograms

RE Smith, JD Tournier, F Calamante, A Connelly - Neuroimage, 2013 - Elsevier
Diffusion MRI allows the structural connectivity of the whole brain (the 'tractogram') to be
estimated in vivo non-invasively using streamline tractography. The biological accuracy of …

SIFT2: Enabling dense quantitative assessment of brain white matter connectivity using streamlines tractography

RE Smith, JD Tournier, F Calamante, A Connelly - Neuroimage, 2015 - Elsevier
Diffusion MRI streamlines tractography allows for the investigation of the brain white matter
pathways non-invasively. However a fundamental limitation of this technology is its non …

Microstructure informed tractography: pitfalls and open challenges

A Daducci, A Dal Palú, M Descoteaux… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
One of the major limitations of diffusion MRI tractography is that the fiber tracts recovered by
existing algorithms are not truly quantitative. Local techniques for estimating more …

Towards quantitative connectivity analysis: reducing tractography biases

G Girard, K Whittingstall, R Deriche, M Descoteaux - Neuroimage, 2014 - Elsevier
Diffusion MRI tractography is often used to estimate structural connections between brain
areas and there is a fast-growing interest in quantifying these connections based on their …

[HTML][HTML] TractoFlow: A robust, efficient and reproducible diffusion MRI pipeline leveraging Nextflow & Singularity

G Theaud, JC Houde, A Boré, F Rheault, F Morency… - Neuroimage, 2020 - Elsevier
Diffusion MRI tractography processing pipeline requires a large number of steps (typically
20+ steps). If parameters of these steps, number of threads, and random seed generators …

The effects of SIFT on the reproducibility and biological accuracy of the structural connectome

RE Smith, JD Tournier, F Calamante, A Connelly - Neuroimage, 2015 - Elsevier
Diffusion MRI streamlines tractography is increasingly being used to characterise and
assess the structural connectome of the human brain. However, issues pertaining to …

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 …

Limits to anatomical accuracy of diffusion tractography using modern approaches

KG Schilling, V Nath, C Hansen, P Parvathaneni… - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
Diffusion MRI fiber tractography is widely used to probe the structural connectivity of the
brain, with a range of applications in both clinical and basic neuroscience. Despite …

Challenges in diffusion MRI tractography–Lessons learned from international benchmark competitions

KG Schilling, A Daducci, K Maier-Hein… - Magnetic resonance …, 2019 - Elsevier
Diffusion MRI (dMRI) fiber tractography has become a pillar of the neuroimaging community
due to its ability to noninvasively map the structural connectivity of the brain. Despite …

[HTML][HTML] On the cortical connectivity in the macaque brain: A comparison of diffusion tractography and histological tracing data

G Girard, R Caminiti, A Battaglia-Mayer, E St-Onge… - Neuroimage, 2020 - Elsevier
Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) tractography is a non-invasive
tool to probe neural connections and the structure of the white matter. It has been applied …