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 …

Mapping population-based structural connectomes

Z Zhang, M Descoteaux, J Zhang, G Girard… - NeuroImage, 2018 - Elsevier
Advances in understanding the structural connectomes of human brain require improved
approaches for the construction, comparison and integration of high-dimensional whole …

The nomenclature of human white matter association pathways: proposal for a systematic taxonomic anatomical classification

E Mandonnet, S Sarubbo, L Petit - Frontiers in neuroanatomy, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The heterogeneity and complexity of white matter (WM) pathways of the human brain were
discretely described by pioneers such as Willis, Stenon, Malpighi, Vieussens and Vicq …

Bundle-specific associations between white matter microstructure and Aβ and tau pathology in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

A Pichet Binette, G Theaud, F Rheault, M Roy… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Beta-amyloid (Aβ) and tau proteins, the pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD),
are believed to spread through connected regions of the brain. Combining diffusion imaging …

Ensemble tractography

H Takemura, CF Caiafa, BA Wandell… - PLoS computational …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Tractography uses diffusion MRI to estimate the trajectory and cortical projection zones of
white matter fascicles in the living human brain. There are many different tractography …

Surface-enhanced tractography (SET)

E St-Onge, A Daducci, G Girard, M Descoteaux - NeuroImage, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, we exploit the T1 weighted image in conjunction with cortical surface boundary
to improve the precision of tractography under the cortex. We show that utilizing the cortical …

Bundle-specific tractography with incorporated anatomical and orientational priors

F Rheault, E St-Onge, J Sidhu, K Maier-Hein… - NeuroImage, 2019 - Elsevier
Anatomical white matter bundles vary in shape, size, length, and complexity, making
diffusion MRI tractography reconstruction of some bundles more difficult than others. As a …

Revisiting the human uncinate fasciculus, its subcomponents and asymmetries with stem-based tractography and microdissection validation

J Hau, S Sarubbo, JC Houde, F Corsini… - Brain Structure and …, 2017 - Springer
Despite its significant functional and clinical interest, the anatomy of the uncinate fasciculus
(UF) has received little attention. It is known as a 'hook-shaped'fascicle connecting the …

The importance of the dorsal branch of the arcuate fasciculus in phonological working memory

EB Barbeau, S Kousaie, K Brass, M Descoteaux… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Phonological working memory (PWM) is important for language learning and processing.
The most studied language brain regions are the classical Broca's area on the inferior frontal …

Diffusion MRI in the brain–Theory and concepts

JD Tournier - Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance …, 2019 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades, diffusion MRI has become an essential tool in neuroimaging
investigations. This is due to its sensitivity to the motion of water molecules as they diffuse …