Superficial white matter analysis: An efficient point-cloud-based deep learning framework with supervised contrastive learning for consistent tractography parcellation …

T Xue, F Zhang, C Zhang, Y Chen, Y Song… - Medical image …, 2023 - Elsevier
Diffusion MRI tractography is an advanced imaging technique that enables in vivo mapping
of the brain's white matter connections. White matter parcellation classifies tractography …

Mapping the individual human cortex using multidimensional MRI and unsupervised learning

S Kundu, S Barsoum, J Ariza, AL Nolan… - Brain …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Human evolution has seen the development of higher-order cognitive and social capabilities
in conjunction with the unique laminar cytoarchitecture of the human cortex. Moreover, early …

Superficial white matter across development, young adulthood, and aging: volume, thickness, and relationship with cortical features

KG Schilling, D Archer, F Rheault, I Lyu, Y Huo… - Brain Structure and …, 2023 - Springer
Superficial white matter (SWM) represents a significantly understudied part of the human
brain, despite comprising a large portion of brain volume and making up a majority of cortico …

[HTML][HTML] High-resolution multi-shot diffusion imaging of structural networks in healthy neurocognitive aging

JL Merenstein, J Zhao, HA Mullin, MD Rudolph… - NeuroImage, 2023 - Elsevier
Healthy neurocognitive aging has been associated with the microstructural degradation of
white matter pathways that connect distributed gray matter regions, assessed by diffusion …

Anat-SFSeg: Anatomically-guided superficial fiber segmentation with point-cloud deep learning

D Zhang, F Zong, Q Zhang, Y Yue, F Zhang… - Medical Image …, 2024 - Elsevier
Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) tractography is a critical technique to map the
brain's structural connectivity. Accurate segmentation of white matter, particularly the …

Assessment of the Depiction of Superficial White Matter Using Ultra‐High‐Resolution Diffusion MRI

F Zhang, Y Chen, L Ning, J Rushmore… - Human Brain …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The superficial white matter (SWM) consists of numerous short‐range association fibers
connecting adjacent and nearby gyri and plays an important role in brain function …

Short fiber bundle filtering and test-retest reproducibility of the Superficial White Matter

C Mendoza, C Román, JF Mangin… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in studying the Superficial White Matter
(SWM). The SWM consists of short association fibers connecting near giry of the cortex, with …

Improved Functionnectome by dissociating the contributions of white matter fiber classes to functional activation

V Nozais, G Theaud, M Descoteaux… - Brain Structure and …, 2023 - Springer
Integrating the underlying brain circuit's structural and functional architecture is required to
explore the functional organization of cognitive networks. In that regard, we recently …

Imaging of the superficial white matter in health and disease

PC Van Dyken, AR Khan, L Palaniyappan - Imaging Neuroscience, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
The superficial white matter, the layer of white matter immediately deep to the cortical grey
matter, is a highly complex, heterogeneous tissue region comprising dense meshes of …

The shape of the brain's connections is predictive of cognitive performance: an explainable machine learning study

Y Lo, Y Chen, D Liu, W Liu, L Zekelman… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The shape of the brain's white matter connections is relatively unexplored in diffusion MRI
tractography analysis. While it is known that tract shape varies in populations and across the …