Rapid and Reliable Tract-based Spatial Statistics Pipeline for Diffusion Tensor Imaging in the Neonatal Brain: Applications to the White Matter Development and Lesions

• Published in: Magnetic resonance imaging Vol. 34; no. 9; pp. 1314 - 1321
• Main Authors: Li, Xianjun, Gao, Jie, Wang, Miaomiao, Wan, Mingxi, Yang, Jian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.11.2016
• Subjects: Brain - diagnostic imaging; Brain - pathology; Brain development; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion Tensor Imaging - methods; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Neonates; Radiology; Reproducibility of Results; Tract-based spatial statistics; White Matter - diagnostic imaging; White matter lesions; White matter lesions; Neonates; Tract-based spatial statistics; Brain development; Diffusion tensor imaging

Abstract Purpose The relatively poor image contrast and variation in the neonatal brain size are technical challenges associated with the typical tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) for the target identification and normalization. This study aimed to develop a rapid and reliable pipeline for the n...