Multi-fiber tractography visualizations for diffusion MRI data.

ABSTRACT: In recent years, several new diffusion MRI approaches have been proposed to explore microstructural properties of the white matter, such as Q-ball imaging and spherical deconvolution-based techniques to estimate the orientation distribution function. These methods can describe the estimated diffusion profile with a higher accuracy than the more conventional second-rank diffusion tensor imaging technique. Despite many important advances, there are still inconsistent findings between different models that investigate the "crossing fibers" issue. Due to the high information content and the complex nature of the data, it becomes virtually impossible to interpret and compare results in a consistent manner. In this work, we present novel fiber tractography visualization approaches that provide a

SUBMITTER: Vos SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3839966 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature