Brain color-coded diffusion imaging: Utility of ACPC reorientation of gradients in healthy subjects and patients

• Published in: Computer methods and programs in biomedicine Vol. 257; p. 108449
• Main Authors: Ouachikh, Omar, Chaix, Remi, Sontheimer, Anna, Coste, Jerome, Aider, Omar Ait, Dautkulova, Aigerim, Abdelouahab, Kamel, Hafidi, Aziz, Salah, Maha Ben, Pereira, Bruno, Lemaire, Jean-Jacques
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier B.V 01.12.2024; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Bioengineering; Brain; Cognitive science; Color; Color encoding; Diffusion gradient; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging - standards; DTI; Essential Tremor - diagnostic imaging; Female; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; Imaging; Life Sciences; Male; Middle Aged; Neuroimaging - methods; Neuroimaging - standards; Neuroscience; Parkinson Disease - diagnostic imaging; Young Adult; DTI; Color encoding; Diffusion gradient; Brain; color encoding; brain; diffusion gradient

•The orientation of diffusion gradients depends on MRI manufacturer.•Interpretation of diffusion color encoded (DCE) maps depends on brain orientation.•The ACPC system reliably reflects the anatomic physiologic brain orientation.•The most important angle mismatch between brain and gradients was the...