Potential and limitations of diffusion MRI tractography for the study of language

JSW Campbell, GB Pike - Brain and language, 2014 - Elsevier
Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a tremendously promising tool for imaging
tissue microstructure, and for inferring large scale structural connectivity in vivo. However …

Fiberfox: facilitating the creation of realistic white matter software phantoms

PF Neher, FB Laun, B Stieltjes… - Magnetic resonance in …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Phantom‐based validation of diffusion‐weighted image processing techniques is
an important key to innovation in the field and is widely used. Openly available and user …

The value and cost of complexity in predictive modelling: role of tissue anisotropic conductivity and fibre tracts in neuromodulation

SS Shahid, M Bikson, H Salman, P Wen… - Journal of neural …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Objectives. Computational methods are increasingly used to optimize transcranial direct
current stimulation (tDCS) dose strategies and yet complexities of existing approaches limit …

MR diffusion tractography

TEJ Behrens, SN Sotiropoulos, S Jbabdi - Diffusion MRI, 2014 - Elsevier
In this chapter we describe the underlying principles and most common techniques in
diffusion tractography. We cover deterministic streamline tractography and several different …

Investigating the tradeoffs between spatial resolution and diffusion sampling for brain mapping with diffusion tractography: time well spent?

E Calabrese, A Badea, CL Coe… - Human brain …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Interest in mapping white matter pathways in the brain has peaked with the recognition that
altered brain connectivity may contribute to a variety of neurologic and psychiatric diseases …

Diffusion-weighted imaging of the spinal cord

BM Ellingson, J Cohen-Adad - Quantitative MRI of the Spinal Cord, 2014 - Elsevier
Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging is a noninvasive technique that can probe
the diffusion of water molecules within biological tissue. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) …

Knowledge-based automated reconstruction of human brain white matter tracts using a path-finding approach with dynamic programming

M Li, JT Ratnanather, MI Miller, S Mori - Neuroimage, 2014 - Elsevier
It has been shown that the anatomy of major white matter tracts can be delineated using
diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) data. Tract reconstruction, however, often suffers from a large …

[PDF][PDF] Development of image processing tools and procedures for analyzing multi-site longitudinal diffusion-weighted imaging studies

JT Matsui - 2014 - iro.uiowa.edu
The complexities of performing multi-site longitudinal diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI)
studies requires careful construction of analysis tools and procedures. Proposed clinical …

Choosing a tractography algorithm: On the effects of measurement noise

A Reichenbach, M Hlawitschka, M Tittgemeyer… - … Diffusion MRI and Brain …, 2014 - Springer
Diffusion MRI tractography has evolved into a widely used, important tool within
neurosciences, providing the foundation for in-vivo fiber anatomy and hence for mapping of …

A mixed Gauss and directional distance filter for fiber direction tracking

Y Yuan, K Wang - International Journal of Image and Graphics, 2014 - World Scientific
Fiber directional tracking through diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DT-MRI) is
a promising research field in visualization and computer graphics and is widely applied in …